Alvan Fisher A General View of the Falls of Niagara
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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 :. | Eclipse with Race Track | View of Springfield on the Connecticut River | A General View of the Falls of Niagara | Niagara | Providence from Across the Cove | Related Artists: Johann Baptist Reiter painted Slumbering Woman in 1849 Juan Leon Palliere painted Idilio criollo in c. 1861
Julien Hudson (1811-1844) was a 19th Century free man of color who lived in New Orleans. He was a successful painter and art teacher. He is known as the first African American or French Creole of Color operating in America by whom a self-portrait was found.