Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire. 1817 - 1871
Naive portrait painting
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1792 West Boxford, Massachusetts - 1884 New Haven, Connecticut. Known for: Naive wall fresco-landscape, portrait.
Born in West Boxford, Massachusetts to a farm family, itinerant painter Rufus Porter has been described by folk-art historian Jean Lipman as America's "chief early mural painter and one of our... Read full biography
Born in West Boxford, Massachusetts to a farm family, itinerant painter Rufus Porter has been described by folk-art historian Jean Lipman as America's "chief early mural painter and one of our outstanding native artists. a mobile one-man factory for original portraiture and interior decoration"... Read full biography
Born in West Boxford, Massachusetts to a farm family, itinerant painter Rufus Porter has been described by folk-art historian Jean Lipman as America's "chief early mural painter and one of our outstanding native artists. a mobile one-man factory for original portraiture and interior decoration" (149-150). His landscape murals earned him wide attention, and from 1824 to 1845, he completed more than 150 murals, a combination of freehand and stencils. Placed over mantles and entire walls, his... Read full biography
Born in West Boxford, Massachusetts to a farm family, itinerant painter Rufus Porter has been described by folk-art historian Jean Lipman as America's "chief early mural painter and one of our outstanding native artists. a mobile one-man factory for original portraiture and interior decoration" (149-150). His landscape murals earned him wide attention, and from 1824 to 1845, he completed more than 150 murals, a combination of freehand and stencils. Placed over mantles and entire walls, his murals were especially appreciated because he did natural settings of local views instead of the traditional elaborate classical or historical scenes with enhanced decoration. Because of his focus on regional scenes, he is credited as the first American... Read full biography
Born in West Boxford, Massachusetts to a farm family, itinerant painter Rufus Porter has been described by folk-art historian Jean Lipman as America's "chief early mural painter and one of our outstanding native artists. a mobile one-man factory for original portraiture and interior decoration" (149-150). His landscape murals earned him wide attention, and from 1824 to 1845, he completed more than 150 murals, a combination of freehand and stencils. Placed over mantles and entire walls, his murals were especially appreciated because he did natural settings of local views instead of the traditional elaborate classical or historical scenes with enhanced decoration. Because of his focus on regional scenes, he is credited as the first American Scene painter. In 1825, he published a book, "Curious Arts", as an instruction manual for various types of artwork, and one of the... Read full biography
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New England Painted Firebord
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Massachusetts. 1815 - 1901
Portrait painting
New Jersey, New York, New Brunswick. 1782 - 1837
Naive pastel portrait painting
New York, Wisconsin. 1793 - 1878
Naive child portrait painting
Connecticut, Rhode Island. 1821 - 1855
Naive portrait painting
New Hampshire, Maine. 1811 - 1865
Naive portrait, landscape painting
Massachusetts. 1772 - 1848
Naive mixed-media profile portrait, stitchery, pastel portrait painting
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Indiana / Germany. 1763 - 1863
Naive portrait, figure, interiors
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut. 1781 - 1858
Naive portrait-life size painting
Maine, Massachusetts. 1817 - 1884
Naive portrait, child figure painting
Illinois, Vermont. 1797 - 1868
Naive portrait often group and landscape painting
Massachusetts, New York. 1805 - 1900
Portrait, allegory and history painting, architecture
Massachusetts, Maine. 1806 - 1873
Naive portrait-child, landscape
New York, Connecticut. 1788 - 1865
Naive portrait and figure painting
New York. 1842 - 1900
Naive style structures-view, portrait, folk art
New York / England. 1808 - 1866/69
Naive landscape, marine and portrait painting
New Hampshire, Massachusetts. 1909 - 1988
Bird, decoy carving
New York, New Brunswick / England, Canada. 1817 - 1892
Ship portrait, yacht races and history subject painting
Massachusetts. 1910 - 1982
Contemporary naive, mermaids, genre
New York, New Jersey / Denmark. 1850 - 1921
Ship portrait and other marine painting