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1808 Lausanne, Switzerland - 1874 Georgetown, Kentucky. Known for: Racehorses, animal portraits, figures and landscape painting.
Born near Lausanne, Switzerland in 1808, Edward Troye became one of the first United States artists to specialize in animal subjects. He was the foremost mid-19th century painter of horses, creating... Read full biography
Born near Lausanne, Switzerland in 1808, Edward Troye became one of the first United States artists to specialize in animal subjects. He was the foremost mid-19th century painter of horses, creating nearly 360 paintings and numerous drawings. He also painted portraits of leading preachers of the... Read full biography
Born near Lausanne, Switzerland in 1808, Edward Troye became one of the first United States artists to specialize in animal subjects. He was the foremost mid-19th century painter of horses, creating nearly 360 paintings and numerous drawings. He also painted portraits of leading preachers of the day including Reverend Joseph Stiles. Other subjects were prize livestock and equestrian figure portraits such as two equestrian portraits of General Winfield Scott", the Civil War General. One of the... Read full biography
Born near Lausanne, Switzerland in 1808, Edward Troye became one of the first United States artists to specialize in animal subjects. He was the foremost mid-19th century painter of horses, creating nearly 360 paintings and numerous drawings. He also painted portraits of leading preachers of the day including Reverend Joseph Stiles. Other subjects were prize livestock and equestrian figure portraits such as two equestrian portraits of General Winfield Scott", the Civil War General. One of the portraits, commissioned by the Virginia legislature before the outbreak of the Civil Was, was hung just before the war by the artist on the east staircase of the House of Representatives with the hope that someone would pay his price of $6,000.... Read full biography
Born near Lausanne, Switzerland in 1808, Edward Troye became one of the first United States artists to specialize in animal subjects. He was the foremost mid-19th century painter of horses, creating nearly 360 paintings and numerous drawings. He also painted portraits of leading preachers of the day including Reverend Joseph Stiles. Other subjects were prize livestock and equestrian figure portraits such as two equestrian portraits of General Winfield Scott", the Civil War General. One of the portraits, commissioned by the Virginia legislature before the outbreak of the Civil Was, was hung just before the war by the artist on the east staircase of the House of Representatives with the hope that someone would pay his price of $6,000. However, the start of the War doomed that potential sale. Troye, described as being deeply religious and having a... Read full biography
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