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William Bradford
American 1823 -1892 fl (1823-1892)
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Born: |
New Bedford Massachusetts
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Died: |
New York New York
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Active: |
New Bedford Massachusetts 1850s California 1879-1882
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Addresses: |
Fairhaven Massachusetts
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Studied: |
New Bedford, MA
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Instructors: |
Albert Van Beest
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Exhibited: |
National Academy of Design 1860-1890 Boston Athenaeum 1857, 1859, 1862, 1864-1865, 1871 Brooklyn Art Association 1864-1874, 1882, 1891 Royal Academy, London 1875 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1877 Boston Art Club 1877 San Francisco 1882 Panama-Pacific International Exposition 1915 Golden Gate Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 1939 New Bedford Art Exhibition 1858 Williams and Everett's, Boston 1881 New Bedford Art Exhibition 1973
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Examples of Work: |
Art Institute of Chicago Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Specialty: |
Painter
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Style/School: |
Luminism
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Subjects Known For: |
Marine Coastal
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Memberships: |
National Academy of Design ANA 1874
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Artist Profile |
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BIOGRAPHY: |
William Bradford, a marine painter of the nineteenth century, was celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic for his arctic scenes. In several trips to Labrador, including exploratory polar expeditions, Bradford ...
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In the nineteenth century, no artist was more coolly heroic than William Bradford. Known as "The Painter of the Polar World," Bradford traveled throughout the Arctic in search of its sprawling glaciers and sublime icebergs. Bo...
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