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Thomas Doughty  American  1793 -1856
Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 
Died: New York, New York, United States 
Active: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 1793-1832
Boston, Massachusetts, United States 1832-1837
  England 1837-1839
Newburgh, New York, United States 1839-1840
New York, New York, United States 1841-1856
Instructors: Thomas Sully 
Exhibited: Boston Athenaeum 
American Academy of the Fine Arts 
National Academy of Design 
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1822-1863, 1973
Maryland Historical Society 
Chester Harding's Gallery 
Paris Salon 1847
Brooklyn Art Association 1861, 1872, 1875, 1876
Examples of Work: Brooklyn Museum of Art 
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco 
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC 
Detroit Institute of Arts 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 
New York Historical Society, New York 
Newark Museum, New Jersey 
Harvard University 
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia 
Specialty: Painter
Lithographer
Style/School: Hudson River School
Subjects Known For: Landscapes
Memberships: National Academy of Design Honorary 1827
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1824
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Originally a student of Thomas Sully in Philadelphia, Thomas Doughty was one of the first, and most important, American landscape painters. He gained renown for his quiet, pastoral landscapes of the Hudson River Valley, Pennsy... (More)

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