Addison Gallery of American Art
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA 01810-4166
Andover, MA 01810-4166
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Museums page for Samuel Finley Breese Morse ((1791 - 1872)), known for Portrait, historical, landscape painting, dagguerreotypes, inventions. Showing 37 museum collections and exhibitions.
Samuel Finley Breese Morse MUSEUMS
1791 Charlestown, Massachusetts - 1872 New York City. Known for: Portrait, historical, landscape painting, dagguerreotypes, inventions.
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, artist and telegraph inventor, was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the eldest child of Rev. Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Breese. Some biographers have emphasized... Read full biography
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, artist and telegraph inventor, was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the eldest child of Rev. Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Breese. Some biographers have emphasized the influence of his father's evangelical Calvinism on Morse, but much of his early life was spent... Read full biography
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, artist and telegraph inventor, was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the eldest child of Rev. Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Breese. Some biographers have emphasized the influence of his father's evangelical Calvinism on Morse, but much of his early life was spent away from home; he was enrolled as a boarder at Phillips Academy in Andover at age eight. He entered Yale in 1805 and graduated in 1810, obtaining some knowledge of electricity (but not of... Read full biography
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, artist and telegraph inventor, was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the eldest child of Rev. Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Breese. Some biographers have emphasized the influence of his father's evangelical Calvinism on Morse, but much of his early life was spent away from home; he was enrolled as a boarder at Phillips Academy in Andover at age eight. He entered Yale in 1805 and graduated in 1810, obtaining some knowledge of electricity (but not of electromagnetism, which had yet to be discovered) from courses with Benjamin Silliman and Jeremiah Day. His interest in art was evidenced only by a few miniatures that he painted to help support himself. After graduation he persuaded his father to allow him to... Read full biography
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, artist and telegraph inventor, was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the eldest child of Rev. Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Breese. Some biographers have emphasized the influence of his father's evangelical Calvinism on Morse, but much of his early life was spent away from home; he was enrolled as a boarder at Phillips Academy in Andover at age eight. He entered Yale in 1805 and graduated in 1810, obtaining some knowledge of electricity (but not of electromagnetism, which had yet to be discovered) from courses with Benjamin Silliman and Jeremiah Day. His interest in art was evidenced only by a few miniatures that he painted to help support himself. After graduation he persuaded his father to allow him to pursue a career in art and sailed with Washington Allston to study in London in 1811. His terra cotta statue of... Read full biography
Samuel Finley Breese Morse - Artist Info
About Samuel Finley Breese Morse: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (37)
All MuseumsArt Institute of Chicago, AIC
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502Chrysler Museum of Art
245 West Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23510Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
Bentonville, AR 72712Fenimore Art Museum
5798 State Highway 80
Po Box 800
Cooperstown, NY 13326Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, FAMSF
50 Hagiwara
Tea Garden Drive-Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118Fogg Art Museum: Harvard University Art Museums
Harvard University
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719Grey Art Museum, New York University
100 Washington Square East
New York City, NY 10003High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309Hunter Museum of American Art
10 Bluff View
Chattanooga, TN 37403Locust Grove Estate & Museum
2683 South Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main Street
Waterbury, CT 06702Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Amherst College
Po Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20001New Orleans Museum of Art
One Collins Diboll Circle, City Park
P.O. Box 19123
New Orleans, LA 70124New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024Old Salem Museums and Gardens
P.O. Box 10310
Winston-Salem, NC 27108-0310Ruthmere Museum
302 East Beardsley Avenue
Elkhart, IN 46514Shelburne Museum
6000 Shelburne Road
P.O. Box 10
Shelburne, VT 05482Telfair Museum of Art
Po Box 10081
Savannah, GA 31412The 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 Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102The Toledo Museum of Art
2445 Monroe Street
Box 1013
Toledo, OH 43697The Walters Art Museum
600 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-5185Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423White House Historical Association (WHHA)
740 Jackson Place NW,
Washington, DC 20006Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609-3196Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271