Louisiana / France. 1789 - 1861
Silhouettist-portrait, animal, landscape
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1774 - 1859. Known for: Naive portrait-itinerant.
With birthplace unknown, William Jennys, an itinerant portrait painter, was painting portraits in the vicinity of New Milford, Connecticut in the mid-1790s, then New York City, and after 1800 in the... Read full biography
With birthplace unknown, William Jennys, an itinerant portrait painter, was painting portraits in the vicinity of New Milford, Connecticut in the mid-1790s, then New York City, and after 1800 in the Connecticut River Valley into Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and the southern states. It... Read full biography
With birthplace unknown, William Jennys, an itinerant portrait painter, was painting portraits in the vicinity of New Milford, Connecticut in the mid-1790s, then New York City, and after 1800 in the Connecticut River Valley into Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and the southern states. It appears that his career began in 1792, when he first advertised in Norwich, Connecticut as a portrait painter. However, "the sedentary life did not suit the independent artist, and he soon became an... Read full biography
With birthplace unknown, William Jennys, an itinerant portrait painter, was painting portraits in the vicinity of New Milford, Connecticut in the mid-1790s, then New York City, and after 1800 in the Connecticut River Valley into Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and the southern states. It appears that his career began in 1792, when he first advertised in Norwich, Connecticut as a portrait painter. However, "the sedentary life did not suit the independent artist, and he soon became an itinerant painter, traveling throughout New England and New York." (Vose). He trained with his father, Richard Jennys, and they traveled together, but William's style was more realistic than his father's and showed "greater attention to the modeling of... Read full biography
With birthplace unknown, William Jennys, an itinerant portrait painter, was painting portraits in the vicinity of New Milford, Connecticut in the mid-1790s, then New York City, and after 1800 in the Connecticut River Valley into Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and the southern states. It appears that his career began in 1792, when he first advertised in Norwich, Connecticut as a portrait painter. However, "the sedentary life did not suit the independent artist, and he soon became an itinerant painter, traveling throughout New England and New York." (Vose). He trained with his father, Richard Jennys, and they traveled together, but William's style was more realistic than his father's and showed "greater attention to the modeling of facial features and the depcition of his sitters' unique personalities." (Vose) But h was unskilled with arms and le... Read full biography
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Slide 1 of 3: PORTRAIT OF NATHANIEL LAWSON AS A YOUNG MAN IN A GREEN SPRIGGED WAISTCOAT AND RUFFLED SHIRT.
PORTRAIT OF NATHANIEL LAWSON AS A YOUNG MAN IN A GREEN SPRIGGED WAISTCOAT AND RUFFLED SHIRT.
William JennysPORTRAIT OF NATHANIEL LAWSON AS A YOUNG MAN IN A GREEN SPRIGGED WAISTCOAT AND RUFFLED SHIRT.
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PAIR OF PORTRAITS OF A SEA CAPTAIN AND HIS WIFE, CIRCA 1804-1809.
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Peggy Ashley of Westfield, Massachusetts
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New York, Connecticut. 1788 - 1865
Naive portrait and figure painting
New York / England. 1808 - 1866/69
Naive landscape, marine and portrait painting
Massachusetts, Rhode Island / England. 1755 - 1828
Portrait painting, some genre-figure
Massachusetts, New York. 1805 - 1900
Portrait, allegory and history painting, architecture
Pennsylvania. 1780 - 1849
Peaceful animals, history and mythology painting
Massachusetts, New York. 1813 - 1884
Itinerant naive portrait, still life and landscape painting
Massachusetts, Maine. 1806 - 1873
Naive portrait-child, landscape
Illinois, Vermont. 1797 - 1868
Naive portrait often group and landscape painting
Connecticut, Maine. 1766 - 1854
Naive adult and child portrait painting
New Hampshire, Maine. 1811 - 1865
Naive portrait, landscape painting
Pennsylvania, New York / England. 1751/52 - 1811
Itinerant portrait often miniature painting, silhouettes of politicians, teaching
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Indiana / Germany. 1763 - 1863
Naive portrait, figure, interiors
Massachusetts. 1806 - 1889
Marine-ship, coastal views
Connecticut, New York. 1855 - 1931
Sailboat and other marine painting, illustration
New York, Maryland / England, France. 1839 - 1886
Marine, seascape and landscape painting, engraving
California, Maine / England. 1831 - 1915
Landscape, marine, and portrait painter, survey artist
Massachusetts, California, Maine. 1841 - 1914
Marine, landscape, historical genre painting
New Jersey, New York / United Kingdom, England. 1817 - 1894
Maritime painting, sailing ships
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island. 1833 - 1905
Marine-seascape, landscape and botanic painting
Massachusetts. 1775 - 1844
Harbor, ship and coastal view painting
New York, New Jersey / Denmark. 1850 - 1921
Ship portrait and other marine painting
New York, New Hampshire. 1837 - 1908
Coastal views, marine, landscape, genre painting
Maine, Massachusetts. 1842 - 1909
Marine-ship portrait and genre painting
New York, Virginia. 1860 - 1961
Naive landscape and rural genre naive painting
New York / France. 1804 - 1889
Romantic landscape
Massachusetts. 1896 - 1978
Landscape and marine painting, teaching