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Levi Wells Prentice  American  1851 -1935  fl (1851-1935)
Born: Harrisburgh, New York, United States 
Died: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 
Active: Syracuse, New York  
Buffalo, New York  
Brooklyn, New York  
New York, New York  
 Connecticut  
Examples of Work: Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, New York 
Specialty: Painter
Style/School: Realism
Subjects Known For: Mountains
Landscapes
Still lifes
Fruit
Portraits
Memberships: Brooklyn Art Association 
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Levi Wells Prentice grew up on a farm in Lewis County, NY. He opened his first studio as a landscape painter in Syracuse, NY in 1875. By 1872, Prentice has traveled through the Adirondack Mountains, painting the views as w... (More)

Levi Wells Prentice is remembered principally for his Adirondacks Mountain and Lake Landscapes painted in the I870's and early 1880's.

He had a second artistic specialty t hat has received recent attention,... (More)


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