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Museums page for John Stanley ((1814 - 1872)), known for Indian life, landscape, portrait. Showing 19 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1814 Canandaigua, New York - 1872 Detroit, Michigan. Known for: Indian life, landscape, portrait.
Born in Canandaigua, New York, John Mix Stanley became one of the most significant artists of the American frontier but also one of the most tragic in that three separate fires essentially destroyed... Read full biography
Born in Canandaigua, New York, John Mix Stanley became one of the most significant artists of the American frontier but also one of the most tragic in that three separate fires essentially destroyed his lifetime's work. He was raised in upstate New York where his father had a tavern that many... Read full biography
Born in Canandaigua, New York, John Mix Stanley became one of the most significant artists of the American frontier but also one of the most tragic in that three separate fires essentially destroyed his lifetime's work. He was raised in upstate New York where his father had a tavern that many Indians and other frontier types visited. At age 14, he became an orphan and apprenticed to a coach maker. But looking for better work, he moved to Detroit in 1834 and became a house and sign painter and... Read full biography
Born in Canandaigua, New York, John Mix Stanley became one of the most significant artists of the American frontier but also one of the most tragic in that three separate fires essentially destroyed his lifetime's work. He was raised in upstate New York where his father had a tavern that many Indians and other frontier types visited. At age 14, he became an orphan and apprenticed to a coach maker. But looking for better work, he moved to Detroit in 1834 and became a house and sign painter and subsequently trained with European educated James Bowman, who saw one of his signs and admired his work. From 1836 to 1838, Stanley painted portraits in the Chicago area and in 1839, based at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, tried unsuccessfully to support... Read full biography
Born in Canandaigua, New York, John Mix Stanley became one of the most significant artists of the American frontier but also one of the most tragic in that three separate fires essentially destroyed his lifetime's work. He was raised in upstate New York where his father had a tavern that many Indians and other frontier types visited. At age 14, he became an orphan and apprenticed to a coach maker. But looking for better work, he moved to Detroit in 1834 and became a house and sign painter and subsequently trained with European educated James Bowman, who saw one of his signs and admired his work. From 1836 to 1838, Stanley painted portraits in the Chicago area and in 1839, based at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, tried unsuccessfully to support himself as a painter of Indian portraits and genre. He returned East and studied in Philadelphia and by 1842, had a studio at Fort Gibso... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (19)
All MuseumsAmon Carter Museum of American Art
3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107-2695Buffalo Bill Center of the West
720 Sheridan Ave
Cody, WY 82414Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
Bentonville, AR 72712Denver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Detroit Historical Museum
5401 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202-4009Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians-Western Art
500 West Washington
Indianapolis, IN 46204Helmerich Cntr. for American Research, Gilcrease Museum,Univ. of Tulsa
1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Road
Tulsa, OK 74127-2100Joslyn Art Museum
2200 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68102Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004National Museum of Wildlife Art
2820 Rungius Road
Po Box 6825
Jackson Hole, WY 83002National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20001Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685The Rockwell Museum
111 Cedar Street
Corning, NY 14830-2694The University of Arizona Museum of Art
1031 N. Olive Road
Tucson, AZ 85721-0002U.S. Department of the Interior Museum
1849 C Street N.W.
MS 1251-MIB
Washington, DC 20240Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609-3196Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271