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Arthur Parton  American  1842 -1914
Born: New York, New York, United States 
Active: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  
Studied: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 
Instructors: William Trost Richards 
Exhibited: National Academy of Design 
Paris Exposition 1900
Philadelphia 
Centennial Exhibition 1876 Philadelphia 
Examples of Work: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 
Specialty: Painter
Style/School: American Barbizon
Subjects Known For: Landscapes
Memberships: American Watercolor Society 
National Academy of Design ANA 1857; NA 1884
Artists' Fund Society, Philadelphia 
American National Academy 
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Born in New York City in 1842, Arthur Parton was a landscape painter who studied in Philadelphia under William T. Richards and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Parton gained from Richards a sound grounding i... (More)

Along with his younger brother Ernest, Arthur Parton was a central member of the Hudson River School. Born in Hudson, New York, Arthur trained under William Trost Richards at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and b... (More)

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