William Sidney Mount
William Sidney Mount (born November 26, 1807 in Setauket , Long Island , † November 19, 1868 there ) was an American painter of the 19th century . He was primarily a portrait painter and belonged to the current of the Hudson River School .
life and work
William Sidney Mount was born in Setauket on Long Island in 1807 . He was apprenticed to his brother Henry Mount, a sign painter, in New York City from 1825 to 1827 . From 1826 he graduated from the National Academy of Design and from 1829 he worked as a portrait painter in New York. In 1831 he was elected an Associate Member ( ANA ) and a year later a full member ( NA ) of the National Academy.
In 1836 he moved to Stony Brook on Long Island and stayed there until the end of his life in 1868, dedicating himself to the rural scenes of his homeland as a genre painter .
Individual evidence
- ^ Nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "M" / Mount, William Sidney NA 1832 ( Memento of September 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed July 4, 2015)
Image selection
The Painter's Triumph , 1838
The Trap Leap , 1844
Eel fishermen at Setauket , 1845
The Bone Player , 1856
literature
- Thomas W. Gaethgens: Pictures from the New World. American painting of the 18th and 19th centuries Prestel-Verlag 1988; P. 312. ISBN 3-7913-0879-3
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| SURNAME | Mount, William Sidney |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Setauket , Long Island , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 19, 1868 |
| Place of death | Setauket , Long Island , USA |