Butler Institute of American Art
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Youngstown, OH 44502
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Museums page for James Hamilton ((1819 - 1878)), known for Narrative, marine and landscape painting. Showing 16 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1819 Entrien, Ireland - 1878 San Francisco, California. Known for: Narrative, marine and landscape painting.
Born in Ireland, James Hamilton became a landscape painter and is credited with painting one of the first American seascapes, The Sea at Atlantic City, in 1868. Few of his seascapes have survived,... Read full biography
Born in Ireland, James Hamilton became a landscape painter and is credited with painting one of the first American seascapes, The Sea at Atlantic City, in 1868. Few of his seascapes have survived, but exhibition records reveal that he did numerous coastal scenes from New York to Maryland. He came... Read full biography
Born in Ireland, James Hamilton became a landscape painter and is credited with painting one of the first American seascapes, The Sea at Atlantic City, in 1868. Few of his seascapes have survived, but exhibition records reveal that he did numerous coastal scenes from New York to Maryland. He came to the United States, settling with his family in Philadelphia, at age fifteen. His early teachers are unknown, but he had guidance in book and magazine illustration. He enrolled at the Pennsylvania... Read full biography
Born in Ireland, James Hamilton became a landscape painter and is credited with painting one of the first American seascapes, The Sea at Atlantic City, in 1868. Few of his seascapes have survived, but exhibition records reveal that he did numerous coastal scenes from New York to Maryland. He came to the United States, settling with his family in Philadelphia, at age fifteen. His early teachers are unknown, but he had guidance in book and magazine illustration. He enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and in addition to painting, gained skill in engraving and etching. He was a great admirer of the landscapes of English painter J.M.W. Turner, and became known as the "American Turner" because of his vivid lighting effects in... Read full biography
Born in Ireland, James Hamilton became a landscape painter and is credited with painting one of the first American seascapes, The Sea at Atlantic City, in 1868. Few of his seascapes have survived, but exhibition records reveal that he did numerous coastal scenes from New York to Maryland. He came to the United States, settling with his family in Philadelphia, at age fifteen. His early teachers are unknown, but he had guidance in book and magazine illustration. He enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and in addition to painting, gained skill in engraving and etching. He was a great admirer of the landscapes of English painter J.M.W. Turner, and became known as the "American Turner" because of his vivid lighting effects in coastal scenes and seascapes. His only recorded trip abroad was to England in 1854 and 1855, and he stud... Read full biography
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About James Hamilton: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (16)
All MuseumsChrysler Museum of Art
245 West Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23510Delaware Art Museum
2301 Kentmere Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19806Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society (EKKHS)
71 West 23rd Street, Sixth Floor
Box C-8
New York, NY 10010Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004New Jersey State Museum
205 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0530Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607Reading Public Museum
500 Museum Road
Reading, PA 19611-1425The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271