William Sidney Mount
1807-1868
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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 Paintings of William Sidney Mount :. | Eel Spearing at Setauket | Farmers Nooning | Dance of the Haymakers | The Bone Player | Any Fish Today | Related Artists: Jacopo Belliniactive in Florence 1423-Venice 1470 DALMAU, LluisSpanish Early Renaissance Painter, active 1428-1461 Bonifacio BemboItalian Early Renaissance Painter, active 1444-1477
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