Addison Gallery of American Art
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA 01810-4166
Andover, MA 01810-4166
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1807 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 1889 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for: Portrait, miniature, some views.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, James Lambdin became a skilled mid-19th century portrait painter of prominent persons including politicians and U.S. Presidents Lincoln and Grant. He also did... Read full biography
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, James Lambdin became a skilled mid-19th century portrait painter of prominent persons including politicians and U.S. Presidents Lincoln and Grant. He also did portraits of soldiers including Arkansas writer Charles Fenton Mercer Noland in his military uniform. At... Read full biography
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, James Lambdin became a skilled mid-19th century portrait painter of prominent persons including politicians and U.S. Presidents Lincoln and Grant. He also did portraits of soldiers including Arkansas writer Charles Fenton Mercer Noland in his military uniform. At age 16, Lambdin studied in Philadelphia with miniaturist Edward Miles and then for three years with Thomas Sully. In 1826, he returned to Pittsburgh to become a portrait painter, and opened a museum... Read full biography
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, James Lambdin became a skilled mid-19th century portrait painter of prominent persons including politicians and U.S. Presidents Lincoln and Grant. He also did portraits of soldiers including Arkansas writer Charles Fenton Mercer Noland in his military uniform. At age 16, Lambdin studied in Philadelphia with miniaturist Edward Miles and then for three years with Thomas Sully. In 1826, he returned to Pittsburgh to become a portrait painter, and opened a museum and art gallery patterned after that of Charles Willson Peale in Philadelphia. Faced with diminished interest in his portraits and the museum, he moved to Louisville, Kentucky for 5 years and from there, traveled in the South including to Arkansas for... Read full biography
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, James Lambdin became a skilled mid-19th century portrait painter of prominent persons including politicians and U.S. Presidents Lincoln and Grant. He also did portraits of soldiers including Arkansas writer Charles Fenton Mercer Noland in his military uniform. At age 16, Lambdin studied in Philadelphia with miniaturist Edward Miles and then for three years with Thomas Sully. In 1826, he returned to Pittsburgh to become a portrait painter, and opened a museum and art gallery patterned after that of Charles Willson Peale in Philadelphia. Faced with diminished interest in his portraits and the museum, he moved to Louisville, Kentucky for 5 years and from there, traveled in the South including to Arkansas for portrait commissions. In 1837, he opened a studio in Philadelphia and worked there until his death in 1889. From 1845 to 1864, he was D... Read full biography
James Lambdin - Artist Info
About James Lambdin: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (10)
All MuseumsCarnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080Historic Arkansas Museum
200 East Third Street
Little Rock, AR 72201-1608National 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 10024Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
161 Essex Square
Salem, MA 01970The Penn Art Collection, University of Pennsylvania
3401 Market Street, Suite 211
Philadelphia, PA 19104The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102White House Historical Association (WHHA)
740 Jackson Place NW,
Washington, DC 20006Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271