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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:: 72633
Cactus in Blossom
Date ca. 1857(1857)
Medium Oil on board
Dimensions 16.4 X 18.2 cm (6.46 X 7.17 in)
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Painting ID:: 72742
Caught Napping
Date ca. 1848(1848)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 73.8 X 91.7 cm (29.06 X 36.1 in)
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Painting ID:: 87131
The Bone Player
Date 1856(1856)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 91072
Bar-room Scene
1835(1835)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 57.4 x 69.7 cm (22.6 x 27.4 in)
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Painting ID:: 91868
The Bone Player
1856(1856)
Medium oil on canvas
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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: | Ivan Khrutsky | Jacques Rigaud | Simon Hollosy | James Madison Alden | Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema |
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