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George Henry Boughton  American  1833 -1905  fl (1834-1905)
Born: Norwich  Great Britain 
Died: London  Great Britain 
Active: Albany New York  1839-1858
  Great Britain 
New York New York  1859-1860
Paris  France 1861
London  Great Britain 1861-1905
Addresses:  Albany New York  1852-1858 
 New York New York  1859-1860 
 London  Great Britain  
Studied: Albany, NY 
Paris 1859-1861
Ecouen, France 1859-1861
Instructors: Edouard May 1859-1861
Edouard Frere 1859-1861
Exhibited: Boston Art Club 1844, 1874
American Art Union 1852
National Academy of Design 1853, 1856-1876
Washington Art Association 1857
Brooklyn Art Association 1862-1864, 1869-1892
Maryland Historical Society 1868
Royal Academy, London 
Art Institute of Chicago 1889
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1894, 1899
Examples of Work: New York Historical Society, New York 
Specialty: Instructor
Painter
Style/School: Tonalist
Subjects Known For: Portraits
Genre
Landscapes
Memberships: National Academy of Design Honorary 1858; NA 1857
American Watercolor Society 
Artists' Fund Society, Philadelphia 
Royal Academy of Arts assoc. (1879), member (1896)
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Recognized as a leading landscape and genre painter in the United States and abroad, George Henry Boughton had the ability to express sentiment and pathos on canvas. He illustrated editions of Washington Irving's Rip V... (More)

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