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1879 Edinburgh, Scotland - 1969 New Haven, Connecticut. Known for: Marine, landscape, portrait and genre painting.
An American Impressionist painter, he was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1876. (The artist long believed that he was born in Edinburgh, Scotland but later found evidence about his actual place of... Read full biography
An American Impressionist painter, he was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1876. (The artist long believed that he was born in Edinburgh, Scotland but later found evidence about his actual place of birth). Soon after bringing him to the United States in 1884, his mother died, and William Edward... Read full biography
An American Impressionist painter, he was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1876. (The artist long believed that he was born in Edinburgh, Scotland but later found evidence about his actual place of birth). Soon after bringing him to the United States in 1884, his mother died, and William Edward Bloomfield was adopted by the Starkweather family of Winchester, Connecticut. Leaving the United States in 1899, he enrolled at the Academie Colarossi in Paris and there discovered the painting of Joaquin... Read full biography
An American Impressionist painter, he was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1876. (The artist long believed that he was born in Edinburgh, Scotland but later found evidence about his actual place of birth). Soon after bringing him to the United States in 1884, his mother died, and William Edward Bloomfield was adopted by the Starkweather family of Winchester, Connecticut. Leaving the United States in 1899, he enrolled at the Academie Colarossi in Paris and there discovered the painting of Joaquin Sorolla at the Universal Exposition. In 1901, he returned to the United States and taught at the St. George's School for Boys in New York and did illustrations for popular novels. He also studied at the Art Students League in New York City, with Kenyon... Read full biography
An American Impressionist painter, he was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1876. (The artist long believed that he was born in Edinburgh, Scotland but later found evidence about his actual place of birth). Soon after bringing him to the United States in 1884, his mother died, and William Edward Bloomfield was adopted by the Starkweather family of Winchester, Connecticut. Leaving the United States in 1899, he enrolled at the Academie Colarossi in Paris and there discovered the painting of Joaquin Sorolla at the Universal Exposition. In 1901, he returned to the United States and taught at the St. George's School for Boys in New York and did illustrations for popular novels. He also studied at the Art Students League in New York City, with Kenyon Cox, J. Carroll Beckwith and John Henry Twachtman. In 1904, he went to Spain and found Sorolla who influenced Starkweather's... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •New York City
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Italy Before World War I
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •Spain and/or Portugal
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •Brooklyn Society of Artists
- •Mystic Art Association
- •New Haven Paint & Clay Club
- •New York Water Color Club, Society-
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art School
- •Academy Colarossi, Paris, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Teacher
- •Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, Student
- •Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, Teacher
- •Traphagen School of Design-Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Genre Specialty
- •Miniature Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •Brooklyn Society of Artists-
- •Mystic Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Paint and Clay Club-
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts