William Morris Hunt (March 31, 1824 - September 8, 1879), American painter, was born at Brattleboro, Vermont to Jane Maria (Leavitt) Hunt and Jonathan Hunt (Vermont Representative). Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Brattleboro is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States, located in the southeast corner of the state along the state line with New Hampshire Jonathan Hunt ( August 12, 1787 - May 15, 1832) was a member of the United States House of Representatives.
His father's family were among the largest landowners in Vermont; his mother's was a family of wealth and prominence in Connecticut. [1] Hunt attended Harvard but was expelled in his third year. After the untimely death of his Congressman father from cholera, Hunt's mother Jane took him and his brothers to Switzerland, the South of France and Rome, where Hunt studied with Couture in Paris and then came under the influence of Jean-François Millet, from whom he learned the principles of the Barbizon school. Thomas Couture ( December 21, 1815 &ndash March 30, 1879) was an influential French history painter and teacher Jean-François Millet ( October 4, 1814 &ndash January 20, 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon Afterwards, leaving Paris, he painted and established art schools at Newport, Rhode Island, where he had relatives, Brattleboro, Vermont, Faial Island in the Azores, where he had family connections, and finally at Boston, where he painted, taught art and became a popular portrait painter. Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km south of Providence Faial Island ( pron fɐi'aɫ also known in English as Fayal, is a Portuguese Island of the Central group ( Grupo Central) of
The companionship of Millet had a lasting influence on Hunt's character and style, and his work grew in strength, in beauty and in seriousness. He was among the biggest proponents of the Barbizon school in America, and he more than any other turned the rising generation of American painters towards Paris. The Barbizon school (circa 1830&ndash1870 of painters is named after the village of Barbizon near Fontainebleau Forest, France, where the artists gathered
On his return in 1855 he painted some of his most handsome canvases, all reminiscent of his life in France and of Millet's influence. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Such are The Belated Kid, Girl at the Fountain, Hurdy-Gurdy Boy, and others But the public called for portraits, and it became the fashion to sit for Hunt; among his best paintings of this genre are those of William M. Evarts, Mrs Charles Francis Adams, the Rev. James Freeman Clarke, William H. William Maxwell Evarts ( February 6, 1818 &ndash February 28, 1901) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as US Charles Francis Adams Sr ( August 18, 1807 &ndash November 21, 1886) the son of President John Quincy Adams and Louisa James Freeman Clarke ( April 4, 1810 - June 8, 1888) American preacher and author was born in Hanover New Hampshire. Gardner, Chief Justice Shaw and Judge Horace Gray. Lemuel Shaw ( January 9, 1781 - March 30, 1861) American jurist was born in Barnstable Massachusetts, the second son Horace Gray ( March 24, 1828 &ndash September 15, 1902) was an American Jurist who ultimately served on the United
Sadly, many of Hunt's paintings and sketches, together with five large Millets and other art treasures collected by him in Europe, were destroyed in the Great Boston Fire of 1872. The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was Boston 's largest urban fire and still one of the most costly fire-related property losses in American history
Among his later works American landscapes predominated. They also include the "Bathers: Twice Painted" and "The Allegories" for the Senate chamber of the State Capitol at Albany, New York, now lost due to disintegration of the stone panels on which they were painted. Albany is the Capital of the State of New York and the County seat of Albany County. His book, Talks about Art (London, 1878), was especially well-received.
William Morris Hunt died at the Isle of Shoals, New Hampshire, in 1879, reportedly a suicide. [2] His brother Richard Morris Hunt was a celebrated architect. Richard Morris Hunt ( October 31 1827 – July 31, 1895) was a preeminent figure in the history of American Architecture. His brother Leavitt Hunt was a well-known photographer and attorney.
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- Works by or about William Morris Hunt in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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