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1842 Manchester, England - 1928 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Coastal, mission and landscape painting, teaching.
Born in Manchester, England on April 1, 1842, William Lees Judson immigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1852. He was educated in the public schools of Brooklyn and Ontario, Canada. He enlisted in... Read full biography
Born in Manchester, England on April 1, 1842, William Lees Judson immigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1852. He was educated in the public schools of Brooklyn and Ontario, Canada. He enlisted in the U.S. Army during the Civil War and afterwards spent several years as a farmer in Ontario. He... Read full biography
Born in Manchester, England on April 1, 1842, William Lees Judson immigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1852. He was educated in the public schools of Brooklyn and Ontario, Canada. He enlisted in the U.S. Army during the Civil War and afterwards spent several years as a farmer in Ontario. He studied art in New York City with John B. Irving (1872-73) followed by three years in Paris at Académie Julian under Jules Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger. Returning from Europe, Judson worked in New... Read full biography
Born in Manchester, England on April 1, 1842, William Lees Judson immigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1852. He was educated in the public schools of Brooklyn and Ontario, Canada. He enlisted in the U.S. Army during the Civil War and afterwards spent several years as a farmer in Ontario. He studied art in New York City with John B. Irving (1872-73) followed by three years in Paris at Académie Julian under Jules Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger. Returning from Europe, Judson worked in New York City, Toronto and London, Canada until 1890 when he moved to Chicago where he was active as a portraitist. After the Chicago World's Fair, he moved to southern California where he taught at the Los Angeles School of Art & Design. Judson was an art... Read full biography
Born in Manchester, England on April 1, 1842, William Lees Judson immigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1852. He was educated in the public schools of Brooklyn and Ontario, Canada. He enlisted in the U.S. Army during the Civil War and afterwards spent several years as a farmer in Ontario. He studied art in New York City with John B. Irving (1872-73) followed by three years in Paris at Académie Julian under Jules Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger. Returning from Europe, Judson worked in New York City, Toronto and London, Canada until 1890 when he moved to Chicago where he was active as a portraitist. After the Chicago World's Fair, he moved to southern California where he taught at the Los Angeles School of Art & Design. Judson was an art professor at USC from 1896-1901 and in 1901 founded the USC College of Fine Arts. He was Dean o. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California,... Read full biography
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Keywords (45)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Moving Scenic Panorama Painting, 3-D Diorama
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Desert Landscape
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Panoramic View and/or Large Scale Panoramic Artwork
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Spanish Missions, California
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •California Before 1940
- •Catalina Island
- •Chicago Before 1900
- •Europe
- •Grand Canyon, Arizona
- •Monterey, Carmel California
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •Southern California Before 1900
Art Association
- •California Art Club-
Art Teacher
- •Gustave Boulanger
- •Jules-Joseph Lefebvre
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •California School of Design/Mark Hopkins Institute, Teaching
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Western Subject Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •California Art Club
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago