Thomas Seir Cummings
Thomas Seir Cummings (* 1804 in England , † November 25, 1894 in New York ) was an American miniature painter .
Life
Thomas Seir Cummings, who emigrated to North America as a child, was initially a student, and from 1822 was the studio partner of the portrait painter Henry Inman . In 1826 both were among the founders of the National Academy of Design in New York, whose board he served as vice president and treasurer from 1850 to 1853. Later he also wrote the history of the academy. With the wider spread of photography , the art direction of miniature painting, which he practiced, was increasingly supplanted; before that, Cummings was one of the most popular artists of this genre . In the 1850s, the future genre painter John George Brown was one of his students.
literature
- Edmund von Mach : Cummings, Thomas Seir . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 8 : Coutan-Delattre . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 194 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Publications about Thomas Seir Cummings in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Thomas Seir Cummings - Oxford Reference
- A Mother's Pearls - Thomas Seir Cummings metmuseum.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Edmund von Mach : Cummings, Thomas Seir . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 8 : Coutan-Delattre . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 194 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ↑ nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "C" / Cummings, Thomas Seir Founder NA 1826 ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 16, 2015).
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SURNAME | Cummings, Thomas Seir |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American miniature painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1804 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | England |
DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 1894 |
Place of death | new York |