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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:: 10637
The Banjo Player det
1852-56Oil on canvas
26 1/4 x 36 1/4 in
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Painting ID:: 21451
The Horse Dealers (mk09)
1835
Oil on canvas,61 x 76 cm
New York,The New York Historical Society
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Painting ID:: 22140
The Horse Trade (mk13)
1835
Oil on canvas,61 x 76 cm
New York,The New York Historical Society
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Painting ID:: 31981
Eel Spearing at Setauket
mk77
1845
Oil on canvas
28 1/2x36in
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Painting ID:: 33934
The Horse Dealers
mk87
1835
Oil on canvas
61x76cm
New York,The New York Historical Society
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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: | Antoni Brodowski | Anicet-Charles-Gabriel Lemonnier | Vladimir Makovsky | johannes brahms | Antonio Pollaiolo |
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