John William Hill ( Eng. John William Hill ; 1812 - 1879 ) - American artist of British origin; He worked in watercolor, gouache, lithography and engraving. Hill's work focused mainly on natural objects - landscapes , still lifes , as well as ornithological and zoological themes.
| Hill John William | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | January 13, 1812 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Date of death | September 24, 1879 (67 years old) |
| Place of death | |
| Citizenship |  USA |
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Biography
Born January 13, 1812 in London in the family of a British aquatint - engraver John Hill.
Together with his parents he moved from England to the United States in 1819, originally lived in Philadelphia. In 1822, the family moved to New York, where John began to study as an engraver in his father's store.
In 1829, Hill began exhibiting his watercolors and engravings produced in his father’s workshop, at the Brooklyn Art Association and the National Academy of Design . In 1833, at the age of 21, he was elected an associate member of the National Academy of Design.
In 1838, Hill married Catherine Smith, they had children - astronomer George Hill and artist Henry Hill.
In the early 1840s, he became interested in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood , inspired by their ideas. In 1850, in New York, he founded the New York Watercolor Society , which existed for a short time and became a member of the American Society of Watercolorists . [1] In 1863, together with art critic Clarence Cook , geologist Clarence King and architect Russell Sturgis, he founded the Society for the Advancement of Truth in Art .
In the last years of his life, the artist focused on painting, working in the highlands of New England and New York.
He died on September 24, 1879 in the city of West Nyack , New York.
Proceedings
Paintings and engravings of John Hill are in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum , the Metropolitan Museum of Art , as well as in the museums Amon Carter Museum , Fogg Museum and Hood Museum of Art .
- Some work
Mountain stream
Apple blossoms
West Nyack, New York
Notes
- ↑ Joan M. Marter. The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art . - Oxford University Press, 2011 .-- P. 507. - ISBN 978-0-19-533579-8 . (eng.)