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1791 Charlestown, Massachusetts - 1872 New York City. Known for: Portrait, historical, landscape painting, dagguerreotypes, inventions.
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, artist and telegraph inventor, was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the eldest child of Rev. Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Breese. Some biographers have emphasized... Read full biography
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, artist and telegraph inventor, was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the eldest child of Rev. Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Breese. Some biographers have emphasized the influence of his father's evangelical Calvinism on Morse, but much of his early life was spent... Read full biography
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, artist and telegraph inventor, was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the eldest child of Rev. Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Breese. Some biographers have emphasized the influence of his father's evangelical Calvinism on Morse, but much of his early life was spent away from home; he was enrolled as a boarder at Phillips Academy in Andover at age eight. He entered Yale in 1805 and graduated in 1810, obtaining some knowledge of electricity (but not of... Read full biography
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, artist and telegraph inventor, was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the eldest child of Rev. Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Breese. Some biographers have emphasized the influence of his father's evangelical Calvinism on Morse, but much of his early life was spent away from home; he was enrolled as a boarder at Phillips Academy in Andover at age eight. He entered Yale in 1805 and graduated in 1810, obtaining some knowledge of electricity (but not of electromagnetism, which had yet to be discovered) from courses with Benjamin Silliman and Jeremiah Day. His interest in art was evidenced only by a few miniatures that he painted to help support himself. After graduation he persuaded his father to allow him to... Read full biography
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, artist and telegraph inventor, was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the eldest child of Rev. Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Breese. Some biographers have emphasized the influence of his father's evangelical Calvinism on Morse, but much of his early life was spent away from home; he was enrolled as a boarder at Phillips Academy in Andover at age eight. He entered Yale in 1805 and graduated in 1810, obtaining some knowledge of electricity (but not of electromagnetism, which had yet to be discovered) from courses with Benjamin Silliman and Jeremiah Day. His interest in art was evidenced only by a few miniatures that he painted to help support himself. After graduation he persuaded his father to allow him to pursue a career in art and sailed with Washington Allston to study in London in 1811. His terra cotta statue of... Read full biography
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Keywords (49)
Art Method
- •Daguerreotypist
- •Easel Painting
- •Miniature Art
- •Moving Scenic Panorama Painting, 3-D Diorama
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
- •Terracotta, Terra Cotta
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Folk Art, Folk Lore
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Greek Mythology
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Narrative, Story Telling
- •Panoramic View and/or Large Scale Panoramic Artwork
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Statue Sculpture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Boston Before 1900
- •Charleston, South Carolina Pre 1940
- •England, Great Britain Before 1900, London
- •Europe
- •Hudson River Valley, New York
- •Italy Before World War I
- •Niagara Falls
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •Washington DC Before 1900
Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art Teacher
- •Benjamin West
Art School
- •Yale University School of Fine Art and Architecture, Student
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Daniel J Terra Collection
- •John J. McDonough Collection
- •US Capitol Building, Washington DC
Added Description
- •Narrative Specialty
- •Official U. S. President Portrait Painter
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition By An Art School
- •Royal Academy of the Arts, England
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts