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Thomas Addison Richards American 1820 -1900
Born:	London England
Died:	Annapolis Maryland
Active:	Augusta Georgia c. 1838 Charleston South Carolina 1843-1844 New York New York 1844 Palenville New York 1848
Addresses:	New York New York
Studied:	National Academy of Design 1844-1846
Exhibited:	National Academy of Design 1846-1899 Brooklyn Art Association 1863-1886 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1864, 1881 Boston Art Club 1881 Art Institute of Chicago 1888
Specialty:	Illustrator Painter Instructor
Style/School:	Hudson River School
Subjects Known For:	Landscapes Botanical Portraits
Memberships:	National Academy of Design p. ANA 1848; NA 1851 American Watercolor Society
Teaching Positions:	New York University Professor of Art, 1867-1887

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Penfield, Georgia

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Thomas Addison Richards was one of the founders of the antebellum Southern landscape tradition. His landscapes of Georgia and the Carolinas demonstrate a style and sensibility that connect European landscapes to American practitioners of the Hudson River School and Southern ro... (More)

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