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1819 Fabius, New York - 1903 Pasadena, California. Known for: Portrait, genre-western frontier.
Self-taught portrait and genre painter, William F. Cogswell taught himself portrait painting in the 1830's while working in a color factory in Buffalo, New York. He worked as a professional artist in... Read full biography
Self-taught portrait and genre painter, William F. Cogswell taught himself portrait painting in the 1830's while working in a color factory in Buffalo, New York. He worked as a professional artist in New York City during the 1840's. In 1849 he went to California, but he soon returned to New York... Read full biography
Self-taught portrait and genre painter, William F. Cogswell taught himself portrait painting in the 1830's while working in a color factory in Buffalo, New York. He worked as a professional artist in New York City during the 1840's. In 1849 he went to California, but he soon returned to New York City. Over the next twenty-five years he worked in New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville (KY), St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. His best-known work was the portrait of Lincoln,... Read full biography
Self-taught portrait and genre painter, William F. Cogswell taught himself portrait painting in the 1830's while working in a color factory in Buffalo, New York. He worked as a professional artist in New York City during the 1840's. In 1849 he went to California, but he soon returned to New York City. Over the next twenty-five years he worked in New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville (KY), St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. His best-known work was the portrait of Lincoln, which now hangs in the White House, he also painted Grant and McKinley. In 1873 he moved to California, where he spent the rest of his life and painted Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hopkins, and a number of California governors. He also visited Hawaii and painted... Read full biography
Self-taught portrait and genre painter, William F. Cogswell taught himself portrait painting in the 1830's while working in a color factory in Buffalo, New York. He worked as a professional artist in New York City during the 1840's. In 1849 he went to California, but he soon returned to New York City. Over the next twenty-five years he worked in New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville (KY), St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. His best-known work was the portrait of Lincoln, which now hangs in the White House, he also painted Grant and McKinley. In 1873 he moved to California, where he spent the rest of his life and painted Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hopkins, and a number of California governors. He also visited Hawaii and painted portraits of King Kalakaua and Queen Liliuokalani. He died in South Pasadena (1903). Source:. Groce and Wallace, "The New York Histori... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (9)
All MuseumsCrocker Art Museum
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814Historic Arkansas Museum
200 East Third Street
Little Rock, AR 72201-1608Joslyn Art Museum
2200 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68102National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20001New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024Ohio Historical Society
1982 Velma Avenue
Columbus, OH 43211-2497Union League Club of Chicago
65 W. Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60604White House Historical Association (WHHA)
740 Jackson Place NW,
Washington, DC 20006