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1807 Setauket, Long Island, New York - 1868 Setauket, Long Island, New York. Known for: Genre, history, portrait and landscape painting.
Born on a farm in Setauket, Long Island, William Mount became what art historian Matthew Baigell described as the "foremost American genre painter." When other artists were trying to copy European... Read full biography
Born on a farm in Setauket, Long Island, William Mount became what art historian Matthew Baigell described as the "foremost American genre painter." When other artists were trying to copy European academic subjects of history, religion, and literature, he stayed in America and focused on the daily... Read full biography
Born on a farm in Setauket, Long Island, William Mount became what art historian Matthew Baigell described as the "foremost American genre painter." When other artists were trying to copy European academic subjects of history, religion, and literature, he stayed in America and focused on the daily lives of East Coast people. Many of his paintings expressed moralistic and political views, and he was also the first major American artists to portray black people with dignity although he opposed... Read full biography
Born on a farm in Setauket, Long Island, William Mount became what art historian Matthew Baigell described as the "foremost American genre painter." When other artists were trying to copy European academic subjects of history, religion, and literature, he stayed in America and focused on the daily lives of East Coast people. Many of his paintings expressed moralistic and political views, and he was also the first major American artists to portray black people with dignity although he opposed abolition of slavery. Because of his humble subject matter and skillful realistic execution, he was well received by an American public of the era of Jacksonian democracy. His serene agrarian paintings were also a welcome contrast to the increasing... Read full biography
Born on a farm in Setauket, Long Island, William Mount became what art historian Matthew Baigell described as the "foremost American genre painter." When other artists were trying to copy European academic subjects of history, religion, and literature, he stayed in America and focused on the daily lives of East Coast people. Many of his paintings expressed moralistic and political views, and he was also the first major American artists to portray black people with dignity although he opposed abolition of slavery. Because of his humble subject matter and skillful realistic execution, he was well received by an American public of the era of Jacksonian democracy. His serene agrarian paintings were also a welcome contrast to the increasing complexities of the Industrial Revolution. He had a long-time studio at Stony Brook on Long Island, and many... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Colored Pencil
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Luminous, Luminism
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Trompe l'oeil
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Narrative, Story Telling
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Self-Portrait
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Long Island, New York
Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art School
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Daniel J Terra Collection
- •Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
- •Warner Collection
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
- •Narrative Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts