Alvan Fisher
American Painter, 1792-1863, American painter. Soon after he left the tutelage of John Ritto Penniman (c. 1782-1841), he began to paint genre landscapes such as Winter in Milton, Massachusetts (1815; Montclair, NJ, A. Mus.), which depicts a man on a horse-drawn sleigh enjoying the beauty of a fresh New England snowfall. Related Paintings of Alvan Fisher :. | A General View of the Falls of Niagara | Eclipse with race track | Providence from Across the Cove | Eclipse with race track | Chocorua Peak, Pond and Adjacent Scenery | Related Artists: George Carteran artist of considerable merit, was born at Colchester. He was an exhibitor at the Royal Academy in 1775, when he sent 'A Wounded Hussar on the Field of Battle.' He afterwards painted 'The Dying Pilgrim,' 'The Siege of Gibraltar,' and many portraits. He is known as the painter of 'The Death of Captain Cook,' 'The Fisherman's Return,' and other popular works, which have been engraved. He died at Hendon in 1795.
Osthaus, Edmund HenryAmerican, 1858-1928 Hills, Laura CoombsAmerican Miniaturist, 1859-1952
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