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1821 Brooklyn, New York - 1896 Saratoga, New York. Known for: Genre, portrait, interiors.
A genre and portrait painter, Platt Ryder was a long-time active and respected member of the New York art community where he was a member of the National Academy of Design and founder of the Brooklyn... Read full biography
A genre and portrait painter, Platt Ryder was a long-time active and respected member of the New York art community where he was a member of the National Academy of Design and founder of the Brooklyn Academy of Design. He earned his reputation through genre painting and was one of a group of... Read full biography
A genre and portrait painter, Platt Ryder was a long-time active and respected member of the New York art community where he was a member of the National Academy of Design and founder of the Brooklyn Academy of Design. He earned his reputation through genre painting and was one of a group of artists who regularly depicted African-American figures in his genre pieces. In his treatment of them, he struck a middle ground between stirring pity for their plight and treating them heroically. He... Read full biography
A genre and portrait painter, Platt Ryder was a long-time active and respected member of the New York art community where he was a member of the National Academy of Design and founder of the Brooklyn Academy of Design. He earned his reputation through genre painting and was one of a group of artists who regularly depicted African-American figures in his genre pieces. In his treatment of them, he struck a middle ground between stirring pity for their plight and treating them heroically. He neither romanticized nor victimized but acknowledged the contributions they made through their labor. Platt Ryder was born in Brooklyn to parents who ran a shoe store. When he was a child, his parents moved to New Orleans, and he took his first art... Read full biography
A genre and portrait painter, Platt Ryder was a long-time active and respected member of the New York art community where he was a member of the National Academy of Design and founder of the Brooklyn Academy of Design. He earned his reputation through genre painting and was one of a group of artists who regularly depicted African-American figures in his genre pieces. In his treatment of them, he struck a middle ground between stirring pity for their plight and treating them heroically. He neither romanticized nor victimized but acknowledged the contributions they made through their labor. Platt Ryder was born in Brooklyn to parents who ran a shoe store. When he was a child, his parents moved to New Orleans, and he took his first art lessons there. In 1854, he went to Europe and studied painting for three years before returning to the United States. He also attended cl... Read full biography
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Keywords (22)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Interior Scenes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •New Orleans Before 1940
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art Teacher
- •Leon Bonnat, Bonnat Atelier, Paris
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts