Massachusetts, New York. 1805 - 1900
Portrait, allegory and history painting, architecture
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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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Slide 1 of 3: BOY IN RED WITH HAMMER
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A Group of Family Portraits
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Portrait of a Young Boy, c. 1852
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Naive pastel portrait painting
Massachusetts. 1785 - 1877
Naive portrait and ornamental painting
Pennsylvania. 1776 - 1842
Portrait, landscape, genre, history
Maine, Massachusetts. 1817 - 1884
Naive portrait, child figure painting
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Indiana / Germany. 1763 - 1863
Naive portrait, figure, interiors
New York, Connecticut. 1788 - 1865
Naive portrait and figure painting
New Jersey, New York. 1823 - 1900
Naive portrait, animal-sheep and still-life painting
Pennsylvania, New York / England. 1751/52 - 1811
Itinerant portrait often miniature painting, silhouettes of politicians, teaching
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut. 1781 - 1858
Naive portrait-life size painting
Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland. 1858 - 1918
Landscape, animal, hunting genre
New Hampshire, Maine. 1811 - 1865
Naive portrait, landscape painting
Maine, Massachusetts. 1849 - 1898
Horse racing, barnyard and landscape scene painting
Connecticut, Maine. 1766 - 1854
Naive adult and child portrait painting
Massachusetts. 1815 - 1855
Naive portrait, landscape, marine
Massachusetts, New Hampshire / United Kingdom, England. - 1778
Portrait-full figure-families, drapery
New York / England. 1808 - 1866/69
Naive landscape, marine and portrait painting
Pennsylvania. 1839 - 1915
Genre, landscape, portrait, children
New York. 1801 - 1846
Portrait, landscape and genre-figure painting
Connecticut, Massachusetts. 1751 - 1801
Portrait, narrative, landscape, history
Connecticut, New Hampshire. 1774 - 1859
Naive portrait-itinerant
New York. 1815 - 1897
Steamboat portrait and marine painting
Pennsylvania / England. 1783 - 1872
Portrait, historical, and landscape painting
New York, Connecticut / England. 1756 - 1843
History, portrait, figure and landscape painting
Pennsylvania / Germany. 1817 - 1890
Woodcarver-birds
Pennsylvania. 1796 - 1865
Portrait, landscape, history, genre
Massachusetts, Rhode Island / England. 1755 - 1828
Portrait painting, some genre-figure
Pennsylvania, California. 1819 - 1878
Narrative, marine and landscape painting
Maine, New Hampshire. 1836 - 1914
Wood-carved eagles, decorative work
Massachusetts / United Kingdom. 1738 - 1815
Portrait, historical, genre and religious painting
New York, New Jersey / Denmark. 1850 - 1921
Ship portrait and other marine painting
Connecticut. 1820 - 1863
Snowscene painter-animal, portrait, genre