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| William M. Hart
American 1823 -1894
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| Born: |
Paisley Scotland
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| Died: |
Mount Vernon New York
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| Active: |
Albany New York 1831-c.1840, 1847
Virginia 1840
Michigan 1840-1843
New York New York 1854
Brooklyn New York
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| Addresses: |
Albany New York
New York New York Studio
Mount Vernon New York
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| Exhibited: |
National Academy of Design 1848-1894
Brooklyn Art Association 1861-1883
Boston Athenaeum
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington, DC
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| Examples of Work: |
Albany Institute of History and Art, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
National Academy of Design
New York Historical Society, New York
Vassar College
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| Specialty: |
Painter
Instructor
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| Style/School: |
Hudson River School
White Mountains
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| Subjects Known For: |
Landscapes
Allegory
Portraits
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| Memberships: |
Brooklyn Academy of Design (first president, 1865)
Associate member of the National Academy of Design 1855
American Watercolor Society (founder; president)
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Hudson River School landscape artist William M. Hart was born in Paisley, Scotland. He immigrated to the United States with his family in 1831; they settled in Albany, New York. The artist was apprenticed to a carriage maker, but by the time he was 18 he began to paint portraits.
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William Hart was one of the most esteemed painters of the Hudson River School's second generation of artists. His paintings, especially his river landscapes, were so popular that they were often reproduced as engravings. Har...
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