Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Boston, MA 02115
Boston, MA 02115
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Museums page for Joseph (Jonathan) Blackburn ((- 1778)), known for Portrait-full figure-families, drapery. Showing 17 museum collections and exhibitions.
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Great Britain - 1778. Known for: Portrait-full figure-families, drapery.
Portrait painter Joseph Blackburn was likely born in Great Britain. His parentage and details of his early life are unknown. The earliest record of Blackburn as a painter is his arrival in Bermuda in... Read full biography
Portrait painter Joseph Blackburn was likely born in Great Britain. His parentage and details of his early life are unknown. The earliest record of Blackburn as a painter is his arrival in Bermuda in 1752. During his two-year stay there he painted at least twenty-five portraits for the Pigott,... Read full biography
Portrait painter Joseph Blackburn was likely born in Great Britain. His parentage and details of his early life are unknown. The earliest record of Blackburn as a painter is his arrival in Bermuda in 1752. During his two-year stay there he painted at least twenty-five portraits for the Pigott, Jones, Harvey, Tucker, Gilbert, and Butterfield families. A number of these pictures remain on the island in the hands of descendants. In the best of these, such as Mrs. Thomas Jones, Blackburn exhibited... Read full biography
Portrait painter Joseph Blackburn was likely born in Great Britain. His parentage and details of his early life are unknown. The earliest record of Blackburn as a painter is his arrival in Bermuda in 1752. During his two-year stay there he painted at least twenty-five portraits for the Pigott, Jones, Harvey, Tucker, Gilbert, and Butterfield families. A number of these pictures remain on the island in the hands of descendants. In the best of these, such as Mrs. Thomas Jones, Blackburn exhibited a considerable skill at painting lace and ribbon and other details of dress. This ability has led some scholars to speculate that he was first trained as a drapery painter in a larger English studio. Blackburn's whereabouts after leaving Bermuda for... Read full biography
Portrait painter Joseph Blackburn was likely born in Great Britain. His parentage and details of his early life are unknown. The earliest record of Blackburn as a painter is his arrival in Bermuda in 1752. During his two-year stay there he painted at least twenty-five portraits for the Pigott, Jones, Harvey, Tucker, Gilbert, and Butterfield families. A number of these pictures remain on the island in the hands of descendants. In the best of these, such as Mrs. Thomas Jones, Blackburn exhibited a considerable skill at painting lace and ribbon and other details of dress. This ability has led some scholars to speculate that he was first trained as a drapery painter in a larger English studio. Blackburn's whereabouts after leaving Bermuda for the American colonies on the mainland are well documented, as he signed and dated over half of the more th... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (17)
All MuseumsLos Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Amherst College
Po Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts
21 Edwards Street
Springfield, MA 01103Montclair Art Museum
3 South Mountain Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042-1747Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Reynolda House-Museum of American Art
Museum of American Art
Po Box 11765
Winston-Salem, NC 27116San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Museum Of Arts And Sciences
1040 Museum Boulevard
Daytona Beach, FL 32114The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The University of Arizona Museum of Art
1031 N. Olive Road
Tucson, AZ 85721-0002Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609-3196Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271