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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:: 10587
Dance of the Haymakers
1845
Oil on canvas
Museums at Stony
Brook,Stony Brook
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Painting ID:: 10632
Bar-room Scene
1855Oil on canvas
The Art Institute
of Chicago
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Painting ID:: 10633
Banjo Player
1856Oil on canvas
Museums at Stony
Brook,Stony Brook
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Painting ID:: 10634
Any Fish Today
1857Oil on panel
Warner Collection
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Painting ID:: 10636
The Bone Player
1856Oil on canvas
36 1/8 x 29 1/8 in
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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: | Charles Dauphin | Alessandro Allori | Eugene Jansson | Frederick Morgan | Johann Wilhelm Preyer |
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