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1829 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1905 Palm Beach, Florida. Known for: Landscape-bayou-swamp, coastal.
Born in Philadelphia, Joseph Jefferson grew up in the theater. Joseph Jefferson IV came from a family of actor-painters. His father and grandfather, Joseph Jefferson II and III were both... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, Joseph Jefferson grew up in the theater. Joseph Jefferson IV came from a family of actor-painters. His father and grandfather, Joseph Jefferson II and III were both actor-painters, however Joseph Jefferson IV was the most well-known. He started at the young age of four (1833)... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, Joseph Jefferson grew up in the theater. Joseph Jefferson IV came from a family of actor-painters. His father and grandfather, Joseph Jefferson II and III were both actor-painters, however Joseph Jefferson IV was the most well-known. He started at the young age of four (1833) when he appeared in a play in Washington, D.C. He continued to act for over seventy years and was best remembered for his role as Rip van Winkle. Although he was best known as an actor, acclaimed for... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, Joseph Jefferson grew up in the theater. Joseph Jefferson IV came from a family of actor-painters. His father and grandfather, Joseph Jefferson II and III were both actor-painters, however Joseph Jefferson IV was the most well-known. He started at the young age of four (1833) when he appeared in a play in Washington, D.C. He continued to act for over seventy years and was best remembered for his role as Rip van Winkle. Although he was best known as an actor, acclaimed for such roles as the main character in Dion Boucicault's Rip Van Winkle, Jefferson was an avid painter in his spare time. Jefferson exhibited his work at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1868 and the National Academy of Design in 1890. In... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, Joseph Jefferson grew up in the theater. Joseph Jefferson IV came from a family of actor-painters. His father and grandfather, Joseph Jefferson II and III were both actor-painters, however Joseph Jefferson IV was the most well-known. He started at the young age of four (1833) when he appeared in a play in Washington, D.C. He continued to act for over seventy years and was best remembered for his role as Rip van Winkle. Although he was best known as an actor, acclaimed for such roles as the main character in Dion Boucicault's Rip Van Winkle, Jefferson was an avid painter in his spare time. Jefferson exhibited his work at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1868 and the National Academy of Design in 1890. In 1899 he had a solo exhibition in Washington, D.C. A collector of the work of the Barbizon... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (4)
All MuseumsThe Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271