John Donaghy

Drawing from the Civil War

John Donaghy (born May 4, 1838 in Hollidaysburg , Pennsylvania , † 1931 in DeLand , Florida ) was an American painter, draftsman and illustrator.

Life and works

John Donaghy apparently got his first inspiration for drawing during the Civil War . In this he participated from December 1861, initially as a private with the Pennsylvania Volunteers. During his time at Fort Scott he met David Gilmour Blythe , from whom he received his first lessons.

During the war he rose to become captain . At that time he supplied numerous New York newspapers with illustrations. Thieme-Becker attests it “lightness and sure view ”that went back to this time. Donaghy was wounded and taken prisoner. He escaped from the Andersonville prison camp in April 1864. He later processed his war experiences in a book.

After the end of the war, he studied at the Pittsburgh School of Design and at the National Academy of Design in New York and attended the Art Students League ; his teachers included Eugene Craig , George Hetzel , Albert L. Dalbey, and Isaac Broome . He supplied newspapers in Pittsburgh and New York with drawings and created numerous genre pictures as a painter . He participated in numerous exhibitions, including the St. Louis Expo 1904 .

literature

Edmund von Mach : Donaghy, John . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 9 : Delaulne-Dubois . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1913, p. 418 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
John Donaghy . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 28, Saur, Munich a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-598-22768-X , p. 481.

Web links

Commons : John Donaghy - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b John Donaghy on bedfordfineartgallery
↑ One of his drawings from the war can be seen on mfa.org .
↑ Short biography on artrine
↑ M. & M. Karolik Collection of American Water Colors & Drawings, 1800, Volume 2: Collection of American water colors & drawings , 1962, p. 66 ( limited preview in the Google book search)

personal data
SURNAME	Donaghy, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American draftsman and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH	May 4, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hollidaysburg
DATE OF DEATH	1931
Place of death	DeLand

[bedford-1] John Donaghy on bedfordfineartgallery

[2] One of his drawings from the war can be seen on mfa.org .

[3] Short biography on artrine

[books-SLeHAAAAIAAJ--4] M. & M. Karolik Collection of American Water Colors & Drawings, 1800, Volume 2: Collection of American water colors & drawings , 1962, p. 66 ( limited preview in the Google book search)