Abby A Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
301 South Nassau Street
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776
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1815 Springfield, Massachusetts - 1855 Springfield, Massachusetts. Known for: Naive portrait, landscape, marine.
A folk-art portrait painter whose name remains prominent in American art, Joseph Stock was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and lived and worked there most of his life, painting more than 900 works... Read full biography
A folk-art portrait painter whose name remains prominent in American art, Joseph Stock was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and lived and worked there most of his life, painting more than 900 works during his brief career. He sometimes shared a studio with photographer O.H. Cooley and may have... Read full biography
A folk-art portrait painter whose name remains prominent in American art, Joseph Stock was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and lived and worked there most of his life, painting more than 900 works during his brief career. He sometimes shared a studio with photographer O.H. Cooley and may have used some of his photographs in his portraits. At age 11, he suffered a crippling accident and several years later was encouraged by a doctor to take up painting. He studied briefly with Francis White,... Read full biography
A folk-art portrait painter whose name remains prominent in American art, Joseph Stock was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and lived and worked there most of his life, painting more than 900 works during his brief career. He sometimes shared a studio with photographer O.H. Cooley and may have used some of his photographs in his portraits. At age 11, he suffered a crippling accident and several years later was encouraged by a doctor to take up painting. He studied briefly with Francis White, a pupil of Chester Harding, but was mainly self-taught. He began his career by copying popular paintings of historical figures including Napolean, but then switched to portraits, many of them from corpses, which was a common method at that time.... Read full biography
A folk-art portrait painter whose name remains prominent in American art, Joseph Stock was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and lived and worked there most of his life, painting more than 900 works during his brief career. He sometimes shared a studio with photographer O.H. Cooley and may have used some of his photographs in his portraits. At age 11, he suffered a crippling accident and several years later was encouraged by a doctor to take up painting. He studied briefly with Francis White, a pupil of Chester Harding, but was mainly self-taught. He began his career by copying popular paintings of historical figures including Napolean, but then switched to portraits, many of them from corpses, which was a common method at that time. Often his subjects were children portrayed with domestic pets. His colors were considered raw, but he was exceptional because his figures had person... Read full biography
Joseph Stock - Artist Info
About Joseph Stock: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (9)
All MuseumsFenimore Art Museum
5798 State Highway 80
Po Box 800
Cooperstown, NY 13326McClurg Museum of Chautauqua County
New York Historical Society
Box 7
Westfield, NYMetropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts
21 Edwards Street
Springfield, MA 01103New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990