Edward Ludlow Mooney
Edward Ludlow Mooney (born March 25, 1813 in New York ; died 1887 in Upper Red Hook ) was an American portrait painter .
life and work
Mooney studied painting from 1835 at the National Academy of Design , in which he was accepted as a full member in 1840. He first worked as a draftsman before he became assistant to Henry Inman in 1837 , probably New York's best-paid portrait painter; also counted William Page to his teachers. He first began to make copies of Inman's works, such as a portrait of President Martin Van Buren , which earned him national attention. In his studio in New York he later specialized in the production of representative portraits. Among other things, he painted a number of portraits of mayors for City Hall , and numerous officers and professors at Princeton University had him paint them. His portrait of Ahmad bin Na'aman bin Muhsin bin Abdulla Al-k'abi al Bahrain, emissary of the Sultan of Muscat in the United States, and his portrait of Governor William Seward for the New York State Capitol in Albany . After his death the "Edward Ludlow Mooney Collection" was donated to the New York State Museum by Deaconess Amy Green Thompson and Reverend MPH Huntington . Mooney visited Columbus in 1847 . He portrayed Oliver Hazard Perry and some of the leading members of society from the southern states, including the plantation owner John Fontaine (1792–1866) and John L. Mustian from Columbus with their wives.
literature
- Mooney, Edward Ludlow . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 104 .
- Mooney, Edward Ludlow . In: National Academy of Design exhibition record, 1826-1860 . tape 2 : M-Z, index . Printed for the New York Historical Society, New York 1943, pp. 26–29 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive - Catalog of Works).
- New York State Museum bulletin . University of the State of New York, Albany, NY 1943, pp. 26 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - With a photograph on p. 34).
- Muscogee Genealogical Society (Ed.): Muscogiana . tape 17 , no. 1 (jump). Columbus State University, 2006, ISSN 1042-3419 , pp. 24 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Edward Ludlow Mooney, 1813–1887 biography available on National Academy website.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Edward Ludlow Mooney. National Porttait Gallery, accessed December 15, 2019 .
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SURNAME | Mooney, Edward Ludlow |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mooney, Edward L. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American portrait painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1813 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
DATE OF DEATH | 1887 |
Place of death | Upper Red Hook |