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William Sidney Mount
1807-1868
William Sidney Mount Galleries
William Sidney Mount (November 26, 1807 ?C November 19, 1868) born in Setauket, New York was a renowned genre painter and contemporary of the Hudson River School. Mount trained at the National Academy of Design in New York. Two of his more famous paintings are Eel Spearing at Setauket (1845, New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown) and Bargaining for a Horse (1835, New-York Historical Society, New York City). Beginning as a history painter, Mount moved to depicting scenes from everyday life. The largest collection of his works is located in The Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages
His home and studio, the William Sidney Mount House, is a National Historic Landmark. One of the local elementary schools in The Three Village Central School District is named in his honor, as is PS 174 elementary school in Rego Park, Queens. A residential building is named after him on the Stony Brook University campus.
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Painting ID:: 10580
Dancing on the Barn
Floor 1831
Oil on canvas
Museums of Stony
Brook, Stony Brook,
New York
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Painting ID:: 10581
Long Island Farmer Husking Corn
1833
Oil on canvas
Museums of Stony
Brook, Stony Brook
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Painting ID:: 10583
The Sportsman's Last Visit
1835
Oil on canvas
Museums of Stony
Brook,Stony Brook
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Painting ID:: 10584
Farmers Nooning
1836Oil on canvas
Museums of Stony
Brook,Stony Brook
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Painting ID:: 10586
Catching Rabbits Boys Trapping
1839
Oil on panel
Museums of Stony
Brook,Stony Brook
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William Sidney Mount
1807-1868
William Sidney Mount Galleries
William Sidney Mount (November 26, 1807 ?C November 19, 1868) born in Setauket, New York was a renowned genre painter and contemporary of the Hudson River School. Mount trained at the National Academy of Design in New York. Two of his more famous paintings are Eel Spearing at Setauket (1845, New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown) and Bargaining for a Horse (1835, New-York Historical Society, New York City). Beginning as a history painter, Mount moved to depicting scenes from everyday life. The largest collection of his works is located in The Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages
His home and studio, the William Sidney Mount House, is a National Historic Landmark. One of the local elementary schools in The Three Village Central School District is named in his honor, as is PS 174 elementary school in Rego Park, Queens. A residential building is named after him on the Stony Brook University campus.
. Related Artists to William Sidney Mount: | gino severini | William Bliss Baker | Albert Pinkham Ryder | John Robert Cozens | J.S.Sargent |
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