Amon Carter Museum of American Art
3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107-2695
Fort Worth, TX 76107-2695
Page loaded successfully. Showing museums for John Ross Key.
Artist Museums
Museums page for John Ross Key ((1837 - 1920)), known for Landscape and historical painting, illustration. Showing 11 museum collections and exhibitions.
John Ross Key MUSEUMS
1837 Hagerstown, Maryland - 1920 Baltimore, Maryland. Known for: Landscape and historical painting, illustration.
John Ross Key was the grandson of Francis Scott Key, author of the Star Spangled Banner. He was born in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1832*, and raised in Washington, D.C. Key was a draftsman with the... Read full biography
John Ross Key was the grandson of Francis Scott Key, author of the Star Spangled Banner. He was born in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1832*, and raised in Washington, D.C. Key was a draftsman with the United States Coast Survey from 1853 to 1856, serving with Gilbert Munger (1837-1903) and James Abbot... Read full biography
John Ross Key was the grandson of Francis Scott Key, author of the Star Spangled Banner. He was born in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1832*, and raised in Washington, D.C. Key was a draftsman with the United States Coast Survey from 1853 to 1856, serving with Gilbert Munger (1837-1903) and James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). He served with the Federal Corp of Engineers in Charleston, South Carolina, and made an artistic record of the Federal siege of that Confederate city in 1863. Immediately... Read full biography
John Ross Key was the grandson of Francis Scott Key, author of the Star Spangled Banner. He was born in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1832*, and raised in Washington, D.C. Key was a draftsman with the United States Coast Survey from 1853 to 1856, serving with Gilbert Munger (1837-1903) and James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). He served with the Federal Corp of Engineers in Charleston, South Carolina, and made an artistic record of the Federal siege of that Confederate city in 1863. Immediately after the war Key worked in New York City (1866), and then in Baltimore (1867-1868) and later Boston (1878). In the late 1860's and early 1870's Key was in Northern California. In 1869 he moved to San Francisco. While in California, Key traveled... Read full biography
John Ross Key was the grandson of Francis Scott Key, author of the Star Spangled Banner. He was born in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1832*, and raised in Washington, D.C. Key was a draftsman with the United States Coast Survey from 1853 to 1856, serving with Gilbert Munger (1837-1903) and James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). He served with the Federal Corp of Engineers in Charleston, South Carolina, and made an artistic record of the Federal siege of that Confederate city in 1863. Immediately after the war Key worked in New York City (1866), and then in Baltimore (1867-1868) and later Boston (1878). In the late 1860's and early 1870's Key was in Northern California. In 1869 he moved to San Francisco. While in California, Key traveled extensively, painting scenes of Yosemite, Carmel, Lake Tahoe, and the Giant Sequoia trees. He r... Read full biography
John Ross Key - Artist Info
About John Ross Key: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (11)
All MuseumsGreenville County Museum of Art
420 College Street
Greenville, SC 29601Maryland Historical Society
201 West Monument Street
Balti.Orgmore, MD 21201-4674Mobile Museum of Art
4850 Museum Drive, Langan Park
P.O. Box 8426
Mobile, AL 36608Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
161 Essex Square
Salem, MA 01970The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306The Rockwell Museum
111 Cedar Street
Corning, NY 14830-2694University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423