Arnot Art Museum
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Elmira, NY 14901
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1843 Boston, Massachusetts - 1903 New York City. Known for: Genre, figure, portrait, landscape paintings.
James Wells Champney, a distant cousin of landscapist Benjamin Champney, was born in 1843 in Boston, Massachusetts. A well-known artist-teacher, he is best known as a specialist in rustic genre... Read full biography
James Wells Champney, a distant cousin of landscapist Benjamin Champney, was born in 1843 in Boston, Massachusetts. A well-known artist-teacher, he is best known as a specialist in rustic genre scenes, using a broad, painterly, and rather informal approach to his works. He also painted many... Read full biography
James Wells Champney, a distant cousin of landscapist Benjamin Champney, was born in 1843 in Boston, Massachusetts. A well-known artist-teacher, he is best known as a specialist in rustic genre scenes, using a broad, painterly, and rather informal approach to his works. He also painted many portraits and landscapes, and stylistically was "one of the first Americans to grasp and utilize the spirit of impressionism." (397). As a young man he took drawing classes at Lowell Institute and studied... Read full biography
James Wells Champney, a distant cousin of landscapist Benjamin Champney, was born in 1843 in Boston, Massachusetts. A well-known artist-teacher, he is best known as a specialist in rustic genre scenes, using a broad, painterly, and rather informal approach to his works. He also painted many portraits and landscapes, and stylistically was "one of the first Americans to grasp and utilize the spirit of impressionism." (397). As a young man he took drawing classes at Lowell Institute and studied anatomy under Oliver Wendell Holmes. At sixteen years of age, he was an apprentice to a wood engraver*, but terminated the relationship to serve in the Civil War in 1862. He contracted malaria and was discharged from the military, and soon taught... Read full biography
James Wells Champney, a distant cousin of landscapist Benjamin Champney, was born in 1843 in Boston, Massachusetts. A well-known artist-teacher, he is best known as a specialist in rustic genre scenes, using a broad, painterly, and rather informal approach to his works. He also painted many portraits and landscapes, and stylistically was "one of the first Americans to grasp and utilize the spirit of impressionism." (397). As a young man he took drawing classes at Lowell Institute and studied anatomy under Oliver Wendell Holmes. At sixteen years of age, he was an apprentice to a wood engraver*, but terminated the relationship to serve in the Civil War in 1862. He contracted malaria and was discharged from the military, and soon taught drawing classes at Dr. Dio Lewis's Young Ladies Seminary for two years beginning in 1864. Deciding to become a professional... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (10)
All MuseumsFleming Museum, University of Vermont
University of Vermont
61 Colchester Avenue
Burlington, VT 05405Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719Litchfield Historical Society
P. O. Box 385
7 South Street
Litchfield, CT 06759Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063Spencer Museum of Art
University of Kansas
1301 Mississippi Street
Lawrence, KS 66045-7500The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423