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1784 Bridgewater, Massachusetts - 1861 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for: Portrait, some genre-narrative.
A prolific portrait painter, he was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the son of a blacksmith. Although basically self taught, he was a student of John Wesley Jarvis, Gilbert Stuart, and Thomas... Read full biography
A prolific portrait painter, he was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the son of a blacksmith. Although basically self taught, he was a student of John Wesley Jarvis, Gilbert Stuart, and Thomas Sully. He was also apprenticed to a scythe maker, something that was common at that time among aspiring... Read full biography
A prolific portrait painter, he was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the son of a blacksmith. Although basically self taught, he was a student of John Wesley Jarvis, Gilbert Stuart, and Thomas Sully. He was also apprenticed to a scythe maker, something that was common at that time among aspiring painters who developed skills in crafts to earn a living. In the early 1800s, he worked in the studio of painter John Wesley Jarvis whose influence can be seen in many of Otis' works. In 1812, he... Read full biography
A prolific portrait painter, he was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the son of a blacksmith. Although basically self taught, he was a student of John Wesley Jarvis, Gilbert Stuart, and Thomas Sully. He was also apprenticed to a scythe maker, something that was common at that time among aspiring painters who developed skills in crafts to earn a living. In the early 1800s, he worked in the studio of painter John Wesley Jarvis whose influence can be seen in many of Otis' works. In 1812, he moved to Philadelphia and became an art teacher and one of America's most prolific portrait painters, doing over 200 subjects including portraits for a national biography series of the New York State Historical Association. Some of his subjects were... Read full biography
A prolific portrait painter, he was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the son of a blacksmith. Although basically self taught, he was a student of John Wesley Jarvis, Gilbert Stuart, and Thomas Sully. He was also apprenticed to a scythe maker, something that was common at that time among aspiring painters who developed skills in crafts to earn a living. In the early 1800s, he worked in the studio of painter John Wesley Jarvis whose influence can be seen in many of Otis' works. In 1812, he moved to Philadelphia and became an art teacher and one of America's most prolific portrait painters, doing over 200 subjects including portraits for a national biography series of the New York State Historical Association. Some of his subjects were Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Thomas Paine and Gilbert Stuart. His portrait of Jefferson is considered the best of the series. Otis was... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (12)
All MuseumsMaryland Historical Society
201 West Monument Street
Balti.Orgmore, MD 21201-4674Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20001New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
105 Seminary Street
Pennsburg, PA 18073The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Masonic Library And Museum Of Pennsylvania
One North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354White House Historical Association (WHHA)
740 Jackson Place NW,
Washington, DC 20006Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271