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1824 Brattleboro, Vermont - 1879 Appledore, Isle of Shoals, New Hampshire. Known for: Portrait, landscape, genre and figure painting.
One of the most influential and respected artists in Boston during the late 19th century, William Morris Hunt was a leading proponent of the French Barbizon School of painting, the precursor of... Read full biography
One of the most influential and respected artists in Boston during the late 19th century, William Morris Hunt was a leading proponent of the French Barbizon School of painting, the precursor of Impressionism. He was a landscape, genre, and portrait painter, a highly respected teacher, and widely... Read full biography
One of the most influential and respected artists in Boston during the late 19th century, William Morris Hunt was a leading proponent of the French Barbizon School of painting, the precursor of Impressionism. He was a landscape, genre, and portrait painter, a highly respected teacher, and widely read writer. His engaging personality combined with his talents to make him the leading arbiter of aesthetics in New England where he was one of the first artists to inject French influence. Hunt was... Read full biography
One of the most influential and respected artists in Boston during the late 19th century, William Morris Hunt was a leading proponent of the French Barbizon School of painting, the precursor of Impressionism. He was a landscape, genre, and portrait painter, a highly respected teacher, and widely read writer. His engaging personality combined with his talents to make him the leading arbiter of aesthetics in New England where he was one of the first artists to inject French influence. Hunt was born in Brattleboro, Vermont and was raised in New Haven, Connecticut. He was from a prominent family that included his brother Richard Morris Hunt, the architect of the Vanderbilt houses "Biltmore" and "The Breakers." William Hunt had a lively... Read full biography
One of the most influential and respected artists in Boston during the late 19th century, William Morris Hunt was a leading proponent of the French Barbizon School of painting, the precursor of Impressionism. He was a landscape, genre, and portrait painter, a highly respected teacher, and widely read writer. His engaging personality combined with his talents to make him the leading arbiter of aesthetics in New England where he was one of the first artists to inject French influence. Hunt was born in Brattleboro, Vermont and was raised in New Haven, Connecticut. He was from a prominent family that included his brother Richard Morris Hunt, the architect of the Vanderbilt houses "Biltmore" and "The Breakers." William Hunt had a lively personality and was considered a witty, non-conforming man who did not stay on the traditional path to academic success.... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Tonalist, Tonalism
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Self-Portrait
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Barbizon, France
- •Boston Before 1900
- •Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Gloucester, Rockport, North Shore
- •Europe
- •Italy Before World War I
- •Niagara Falls
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •The Isle of Shoals-Appledore Island
- •White Mountains, New Hampshire
Art Association
- •Boston Art Club
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art Teacher
- •Thomas Couture
Art School
- •Dusseldorf Art Academy, Germany, Student
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Isabella Stewart Gardner Collection
- •Preston Morton Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
- •Studio Building, Boston, Resident
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1855
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •Lotos Club
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts