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1793 Reading, England - 1878 Tarrytown, New York. Known for: Engraving, topographic landscape, wildlife.
Born in Reading, England, Robert Havell was the son of an engraver, and was expected to follow that profession. Fulfilling his destiny, he is remembered for his aquatint engraving of all but the... Read full biography
Born in Reading, England, Robert Havell was the son of an engraver, and was expected to follow that profession. Fulfilling his destiny, he is remembered for his aquatint engraving of all but the first 10 plates of John James Audubon's Birds of America. He first visited Audubon in 1839 in New York... Read full biography
Born in Reading, England, Robert Havell was the son of an engraver, and was expected to follow that profession. Fulfilling his destiny, he is remembered for his aquatint engraving of all but the first 10 plates of John James Audubon's Birds of America. He first visited Audubon in 1839 in New York City and traveled and sketched the countryside in a homemade horse-drawn trailer, and together they had skills that were well met. He also did artwork in oil and watercolor in Hudson River style with... Read full biography
Born in Reading, England, Robert Havell was the son of an engraver, and was expected to follow that profession. Fulfilling his destiny, he is remembered for his aquatint engraving of all but the first 10 plates of John James Audubon's Birds of America. He first visited Audubon in 1839 in New York City and traveled and sketched the countryside in a homemade horse-drawn trailer, and together they had skills that were well met. He also did artwork in oil and watercolor in Hudson River style with Luminism. However, he preferred to think of himself as an engraver. Until 1841, he lived in Brooklyn and in 1842 his travel-weary wife established a house for the family in Ossining (Sing Sing) on the Hudson River, and he later, 1857, moved to... Read full biography
Born in Reading, England, Robert Havell was the son of an engraver, and was expected to follow that profession. Fulfilling his destiny, he is remembered for his aquatint engraving of all but the first 10 plates of John James Audubon's Birds of America. He first visited Audubon in 1839 in New York City and traveled and sketched the countryside in a homemade horse-drawn trailer, and together they had skills that were well met. He also did artwork in oil and watercolor in Hudson River style with Luminism. However, he preferred to think of himself as an engraver. Until 1841, he lived in Brooklyn and in 1842 his travel-weary wife established a house for the family in Ossining (Sing Sing) on the Hudson River, and he later, 1857, moved to Tarrytown, living there to his death in 1878. During this time he did landscape painting that... Read full biography
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- The Hudson River School at the New York Historical SocietyOctober 2005Ferber, Linda & Vedder, Lee AAmerican Art Review
- Audubon's Dream Realized: "The Birds of America"October 2005Owens, Carlotta JAmerican Art Review
- Nuts & BoltsAugust 2004Editors, American ArtistAmerican Artist
- Historic DeerfieldJune 2004Friary, Donald RAmerican Art Review
- Charles Dickens's First Visit toSeptember 2003Deak, GloriaThe Magazine Antiques
- Curator's CritiqueMarch 2003Klein, CaroleWildlife Art
- The Making of Audubon's The Birds oNovember 2002Goddu, JosephThe Magazine Antiques
- Portrait of a CollectionNovember 1994Wilkinson, ToddWildlife Art