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Museums page for William Sidney Mount ((1807 - 1868)), known for Genre, history, portrait and landscape painting. Showing 27 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1807 Setauket, Long Island, New York - 1868 Setauket, Long Island, New York. Known for: Genre, history, portrait and landscape painting.
Born on a farm in Setauket, Long Island, William Mount became what art historian Matthew Baigell described as the "foremost American genre painter." When other artists were trying to copy European... Read full biography
Born on a farm in Setauket, Long Island, William Mount became what art historian Matthew Baigell described as the "foremost American genre painter." When other artists were trying to copy European academic subjects of history, religion, and literature, he stayed in America and focused on the daily... Read full biography
Born on a farm in Setauket, Long Island, William Mount became what art historian Matthew Baigell described as the "foremost American genre painter." When other artists were trying to copy European academic subjects of history, religion, and literature, he stayed in America and focused on the daily lives of East Coast people. Many of his paintings expressed moralistic and political views, and he was also the first major American artists to portray black people with dignity although he opposed... Read full biography
Born on a farm in Setauket, Long Island, William Mount became what art historian Matthew Baigell described as the "foremost American genre painter." When other artists were trying to copy European academic subjects of history, religion, and literature, he stayed in America and focused on the daily lives of East Coast people. Many of his paintings expressed moralistic and political views, and he was also the first major American artists to portray black people with dignity although he opposed abolition of slavery. Because of his humble subject matter and skillful realistic execution, he was well received by an American public of the era of Jacksonian democracy. His serene agrarian paintings were also a welcome contrast to the increasing... Read full biography
Born on a farm in Setauket, Long Island, William Mount became what art historian Matthew Baigell described as the "foremost American genre painter." When other artists were trying to copy European academic subjects of history, religion, and literature, he stayed in America and focused on the daily lives of East Coast people. Many of his paintings expressed moralistic and political views, and he was also the first major American artists to portray black people with dignity although he opposed abolition of slavery. Because of his humble subject matter and skillful realistic execution, he was well received by an American public of the era of Jacksonian democracy. His serene agrarian paintings were also a welcome contrast to the increasing complexities of the Industrial Revolution. He had a long-time studio at Stony Brook on Long Island, and many... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (27)
All MuseumsChrysler Museum of Art
245 West Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23510Everson Museum Of Art
401 Harrison Street
Community Plaza
Syracuse, NY 13202Fenimore Art Museum
5798 State Highway 80
Po Box 800
Cooperstown, NY 13326Fogg Art Museum: Harvard University Art Museums
Harvard University
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309Litchfield Historical Society
P. O. Box 385
7 South Street
Litchfield, CT 06759Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Montclair Art Museum
3 South Mountain Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042-1747Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Paseo del Prado, 8
Madrid, SpainMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10029National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004New York Graphic Society
129 Glover St.
Norwalk, CT 06850New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024Parrish Art Museum
279 Montauk Highway
Water Mill, NY 11968Reynolda House-Museum of American Art
Museum of American Art
Po Box 11765
Winston-Salem, NC 27116RISD Museum
224 Benefit Street
20 North Main Street
Providence, RI 02903-2723Seattle Art Museum
1300 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101Staten Island Museum
75 Stuyvesant Place
Staten Island, NY 10301The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906The Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages
1200 Route 25A
Stony Brook, NY 11790The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102The University of Arizona Museum of Art
1031 N. Olive Road
Tucson, AZ 85721-0002Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271