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James Renwick Brevoort  American  1832 -1918
Born: Westchester County New York  
Died: Yonkers New York  
Active: New York New York  
Florence  Italy ?-1880
Addresses:  Fordham New York  (1856-1857) 
 New York New York  (1858-1860) 
 Yonkers New York   
Studied: New York University 1884
National Academy of Design 
Instructors: James Renwick 1850
Thomas Seir Cummings 
Exhibited: National Academy of Design 1856-1900
Boston Athenaeum 1858
Brooklyn Art Association 1861-1874, 1879-1881
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1861, 1863, 1866, 1876
Boston Art Club 1874
Yonkers Art Association 1916-1918
Examples of Work: Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC 
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York 
National Academy of Design 
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA 
Specialty: Painter
Style/School: Hudson River School
Subjects Known For: Landscapes
Memberships: National Academy of Design ANA 1861; NA 1863
Royal Academy, Urbino, Italy 
Yonkers Art Association (founder)
Century Association 
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Even as a child, James Renwick Brevoort was sketching scenes in the rural Yonkers, New York countryside, foretelling a time when he would use numerous drawings in correlation with his works in oil and watercolor.... (More)

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