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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Museums page for William Prior ((1806 - 1873)), known for Naive portrait-child, landscape. Showing 20 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1806 Bath, Maine - 1873 East Boston, Massachusetts. Known for: Naive portrait-child, landscape.
Born in Bath, Maine, William Prior became an itinerant portrait and landscape painter who also painted on glass. In 1841, he settled in Boston after traveling and painting widely for ten years around... Read full biography
Born in Bath, Maine, William Prior became an itinerant portrait and landscape painter who also painted on glass. In 1841, he settled in Boston after traveling and painting widely for ten years around New England. In 1824, he had been in Portland, Maine and lived there from 1831 to 1840. He... Read full biography
Born in Bath, Maine, William Prior became an itinerant portrait and landscape painter who also painted on glass. In 1841, he settled in Boston after traveling and painting widely for ten years around New England. In 1824, he had been in Portland, Maine and lived there from 1831 to 1840. He advertised in the "Maine Inquirer" in 1831 that "persons who wished a flat picture can have a likeness whithout shade or shadow at one-quarter price" (Falk). It was this style of primitive painting for which... Read full biography
Born in Bath, Maine, William Prior became an itinerant portrait and landscape painter who also painted on glass. In 1841, he settled in Boston after traveling and painting widely for ten years around New England. In 1824, he had been in Portland, Maine and lived there from 1831 to 1840. He advertised in the "Maine Inquirer" in 1831 that "persons who wished a flat picture can have a likeness whithout shade or shadow at one-quarter price" (Falk). It was this style of primitive painting for which he became best known, but he also painted on glass with more sophistication, including copies of Gilbert Stuart's "Athenaeum" portrait of George Washington and portraits of Washington and his wife Martha. In his later years, he was assisted by his... Read full biography
Born in Bath, Maine, William Prior became an itinerant portrait and landscape painter who also painted on glass. In 1841, he settled in Boston after traveling and painting widely for ten years around New England. In 1824, he had been in Portland, Maine and lived there from 1831 to 1840. He advertised in the "Maine Inquirer" in 1831 that "persons who wished a flat picture can have a likeness whithout shade or shadow at one-quarter price" (Falk). It was this style of primitive painting for which he became best known, but he also painted on glass with more sophistication, including copies of Gilbert Stuart's "Athenaeum" portrait of George Washington and portraits of Washington and his wife Martha. In his later years, he was assisted by his two sons, Gilbert and Matthew Prior. He called his studio The Painting Garret, and some of his works from the studio were signed "Painted in Prio... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (20)
All MuseumsCarnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080Chrysler Museum of Art
245 West Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23510Farnsworth Art Museum
16 Museum Street
Box 466
Rockland, ME 04841-0466Fenimore 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 94118Flint Institute of Arts
1120 East Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503Hunter Museum of American Art
10 Bluff View
Chattanooga, TN 37403Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115National 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 10024Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum
1 High Pole Hill Road
P.O. Box 1125
Provincetown, MA 02657Portland Museum of Art (PMA)
7 Congress Square
Portland, ME 04101Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063The Museum Of Arts And Sciences
1040 Museum Boulevard
Daytona Beach, FL 32114The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423White House Historical Association (WHHA)
740 Jackson Place NW,
Washington, DC 20006Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014