Abby A Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
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P.O. Box 1776
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P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776
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Museums page for Rufus Hathaway ((1770 - 1822)), known for Miniature portrait and landscape painting. Showing 7 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1770 Freetown, Massachusetts - 1822 Duxbury, Massachusetts. Known for: Miniature portrait and landscape painting.
Born in Freetown, Massachusetts to a large Quaker family, Rufus Hathaway trained in the family business of carpentry and ship building. By the early 1790s, he was working as an itinerant artist in... Read full biography
Born in Freetown, Massachusetts to a large Quaker family, Rufus Hathaway trained in the family business of carpentry and ship building. By the early 1790s, he was working as an itinerant artist in the nearby Taunton area. By 1792, he made Duxbury, Massachusetts his permanent home, and he painted... Read full biography
Born in Freetown, Massachusetts to a large Quaker family, Rufus Hathaway trained in the family business of carpentry and ship building. By the early 1790s, he was working as an itinerant artist in the nearby Taunton area. By 1792, he made Duxbury, Massachusetts his permanent home, and he painted portraits of both family members and prominent community people. He painted miniatures, and only four have been located, and only three landscape paintings are attributed to him. He married Judith... Read full biography
Born in Freetown, Massachusetts to a large Quaker family, Rufus Hathaway trained in the family business of carpentry and ship building. By the early 1790s, he was working as an itinerant artist in the nearby Taunton area. By 1792, he made Duxbury, Massachusetts his permanent home, and he painted portraits of both family members and prominent community people. He painted miniatures, and only four have been located, and only three landscape paintings are attributed to him. He married Judith Winsor, whose father dissuaded Hathaway from being an artist. Some time later, he became Duxbury's resident doctor, a profession with more predictable income. In 1822, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society. That same year... Read full biography
Born in Freetown, Massachusetts to a large Quaker family, Rufus Hathaway trained in the family business of carpentry and ship building. By the early 1790s, he was working as an itinerant artist in the nearby Taunton area. By 1792, he made Duxbury, Massachusetts his permanent home, and he painted portraits of both family members and prominent community people. He painted miniatures, and only four have been located, and only three landscape paintings are attributed to him. He married Judith Winsor, whose father dissuaded Hathaway from being an artist. Some time later, he became Duxbury's resident doctor, a profession with more predictable income. In 1822, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society. That same year he died, and is buried in the Mayflower Cemetery of Duxbury. Source:. Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American... Read full biography
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About Rufus Hathaway: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (7)
All MuseumsLos Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028New York Graphic Society
129 Glover St.
Norwalk, CT 06850RISD Museum
224 Benefit Street
20 North Main Street
Providence, RI 02903-2723The Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014