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 :. | Catching Rabbits Boys Trapping | Caught Napping | Saul and the Witch of Endor | The Horse Trade (mk13) | Cider Making | Related Artists: Muenier, Jules-AlexisFrench Academic Painter, 1863-1942 Carl Johann Laschpainted Portrait of August Bolten in 1883 Cordelia WilsonCordelia Wilson (1876-1953)
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