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{{Short description|American landscape painter (1833–1905)}}
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'''William Trost Richards''' (November 14, 1833 – November 8, 1905) was an [[United States|American]] [[landscape]] [[artist]].<ref name=obit/> He was associated with both the [[Hudson River School]] and the American [[Pre-Raphaelite]] movement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://art.state.gov/artistdetail.aspx?id=103000 |title=William Trost Richards |date= |accessdate=2015-05-05 |quote=William Trost Richards was an important American landscape artist associated with both the Hudson River School and the American Pre-Raphaelite movement. |publisher=[[United States Department of State]] }}</ref>
'''William Trost Richards''' (November 14, 1833 – November 8, 1905) was an American [[landscape]] [[artist]].<ref name=obit/> He was associated with both the [[Hudson River School]] and the [[American Pre-Raphaelite]] movement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://art.state.gov/artistdetail.aspx?id=103000 |title=William Trost Richards |access-date=2015-05-05 |quote=William Trost Richards was an important American landscape artist associated with both the Hudson River School and the American Pre-Raphaelite movement. |publisher=[[United States Department of State]] }}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Biography==
William Trost Richards was born on 14 November 1833 in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=obit/> In 1846 and 1847 he attended the local Central High School. Between 1850 and 1855 he studied part-time with the German artist [[Paul Weber (artist)|Paul Weber]] while working as designer and illustrator of ornamental metalwork. Richards first public exhibit was part of an exhibition in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]], organized by artist [[Albert Bierstadt]] in 1858.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.williamtrostrichards.org/|title=William Trost Richards - The complete works|publisher=}}</ref>
Richards was born on November 14, 1833, in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania.<ref name=obit/> In 1846 and 1847, he attended the local Central High School. Between 1850 and 1855, he studied part-time with the [[Germans|German]] artist [[Paul Weber (artist)|Paul Weber]], while working as designer and illustrator of ornamental metalwork.


==Career==
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In 1862 he was elected honorary member of the National Academy of Design, and was elected as an Academician in 1871. In 1863, he became a member of the Association for the Advancement of Truth in Art. In 1866, he departed for Europe for one year. Upon his return and for the following six years he spent the summers on the East Coast.
Richards's first public exhibit was part of an exhibition in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]], organized by artist [[Albert Bierstadt]] in 1858.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.williamtrostrichards.org/|title=William Trost Richards - The complete works}}</ref>


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In 1862, he was elected honorary member of the National Academy of Design and was elected as an Academician in 1871. In 1863, he became a member of the Association for the Advancement of Truth in Art. In 1866, he departed for Europe for one year. Upon his return and for the following six years, he spent the summers on the East Coast.
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In the 1870s, he produced many acclaimed [[watercolor]] views of the [[White Mountains (New Hampshire)|White Mountains]], several of which are now in the collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]. Richards exhibited at the National Academy of Design from 1861 to 1899,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whitemountainart.com/Biographies/bio_wtr.htm|title=William Trost Richards Biography|publisher=}}</ref> and at the Brooklyn Art Association from 1863 to 1885. He was elected a full member of the National Academy in 1871.


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In the 1870s, he produced many acclaimed [[watercolor]] views of the [[White Mountains (New Hampshire)|White Mountains]], several of which are now in the collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]. Richards exhibited at the National Academy of Design from 1861 to 1899,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitemountainart.com/about-3/artists/william-trost-richards-1833-1905/|title=William Trost Richards Biography}}</ref> and at the Brooklyn Art Association from 1863 to 1885. He was elected a full member of the National Academy in 1871.
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In 1881 he built a house in Jamestown, Rhode Island, where he lived and worked the remainder of his life.<ref>{{cite book |author=Rosemary Enright and Sue Maden|title=Jamestown A History of Narragansett Bay's Island Town|publisher=History Press |page=80 |date=2010 |isbn=9781596299573}}</ref> He died on April 17, 1905 in [[Newport, Rhode Island]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news |author= |agency= |title=William Trost Richards |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9902E6DA1F3DE633A2575AC0A9679D946497D6CF |quote=William T. Richards, a marine artist, who gained considerable prominence by his exhibition of paintings at the Centennial Exposition in 1876, died suddenly at his home in this city to-day from heart disease. He was born in Philadelphia in 1833. |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=November 9, 1905 |accessdate=2015-05-05 }}</ref>


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In 1881, he built a house in Jamestown, Rhode Island, where he lived and worked for the remainder of his life.<ref>{{cite book |author=Rosemary Enright and Sue Maden|title=Jamestown A History of Narragansett Bay's Island Town|publisher=History Press |page=80 |date=2010 |isbn=9781596299573}}</ref> He died on April 17, 1905, in [[Newport, Rhode Island]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=William Trost Richards |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1905/11/09/100495175.pdf |quote=William T. Richards, a marine artist, who gained considerable prominence by his exhibition of paintings at the Centennial Exposition in 1876, died suddenly at his home in this city to-day from heart disease. He was born in Philadelphia in 1833. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=9 |date=November 9, 1905 |access-date=2022-05-25}}</ref>
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==Style==
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Richards rejected the romanticized and stylized approach of other [[Hudson River School|Hudson River painters]] and instead insisted on meticulous factual renderings. His views of the White Mountains are almost photographic in their realism. In later years, Richards painted almost exclusively marine [[watercolor]]s.


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===Style===
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His works are featured today in many important American museums, including the [[National Gallery of Art|National Gallery]], the [[Saint Louis Art Museum]], the [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]], the [[Wadsworth Atheneum]], the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]], the [[Yale University Art Gallery]], the [[High Museum of Art]], the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]], the [[Fogg Art Museum]], the [[Brooklyn Museum of Art]], the [[Berkshire Museum]], the [[Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum]] and [[Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art]].
⚫
Richards rejected the romanticized and stylized approach of other [[Hudson River School|Hudson River painters]] and instead insisted on meticulous factual renderings. His views of the White Mountains are almost photographic in their realism. In later years, Richards painted almost exclusively marine [[watercolor]]s.

⚫
His works are featured today in many important American museums, including the [[National Gallery of Art|National Gallery]], the [[Saint Louis Art Museum]], the [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]], the [[Wadsworth Atheneum]], the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]], the [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]], the [[Yale University Art Gallery]], the [[High Museum of Art]], the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]], the [[Fogg Art Museum]], the [[Brooklyn Museum of Art]], the [[Berkshire Museum]], the [[Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum]] and [[Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art]].


His daughter [[Anna Richards Brewster]] also became a painter.
His daughter [[Anna Richards Brewster]] also became a painter.
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:William Trost Richards - Seascape with Distant Lighthouse, Atlantic City, New Jersey (1873).jpg|''Seascape with Distant Lighthouse, Atlantic City, New Jersey'', 1873, [[Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum]]
File:William Trost Richards - Seascape with Distant Lighthouse, Atlantic City, New Jersey (1873).jpg|''Seascape with Distant Lighthouse, Atlantic City, New Jersey'', 1873, [[Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum]]
File:Brooklyn Museum - The League Long Breakers Thundering on the Reef - William Trost Richards.jpg|''The League Long Breakers Thundering on the Reef'', 1887, Brooklyn Museum
File:Brooklyn Museum - The League Long Breakers Thundering on the Reef - William Trost Richards.jpg|''The League Long Breakers Thundering on the Reef'', 1887, Brooklyn Museum
File:Brooklyn Museum - Early Summer - William Trost Richards - overall.jpg|''Early Summer'', 1888, [[Brooklyn Museum]]
File:Brooklyn Museum - Early Summer - William Trost Richards - overall.jpg|''Early Summer'', 1888, [[Brooklyn Museum]]
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File:Franconia Notch, New Hampshire MET ap80.1.5.jpg|''Franconia Notch, New Hampshire'', 1872, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
File:Franconia Notch, New Hampshire MET ap80.1.5.jpg|''Franconia Notch, New Hampshire'', 1872, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
File:Mount Chocorua and Lake MET ap80.1.7.jpg|''Mount Chocorua and Lake'', 1873, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
File:Mount Chocorua and Lake MET ap80.1.7.jpg|''Mount Chocorua and Lake'', 1873, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
File:William Trost Richards, Nantucket Shore.jpg|''Nantucket Shore'', 1865, [[Nantucket Whaling Museum|Nantucket Historical Association]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


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* Ferber, Linda S., ''Never at fault, the drawings of William Trost Richards'', Yonkers, N.Y., Hudson River Museum, 1986.
* Ferber, Linda S., ''Never at fault, the drawings of William Trost Richards'', Yonkers, N.Y., Hudson River Museum, 1986.


== External links ==
==External links==
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* [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/findingaids/richwill.htm William Trost Richards Papers at the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art]
* [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/findingaids/richwill.htm William Trost Richards Papers at the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art]
*[http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/field/subjec/searchterm/Richards,%20William%20Trost,%201833-1905%20--%20Exhibitions/mode/exact William Trost Richards exhibition catalogs]
*[http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/field/subjec/searchterm/Richards,%20William%20Trost,%201833-1905%20--%20Exhibitions/mode/exact William Trost Richards exhibition catalogs]
* [http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/people/18042285/ William Trost Richards collection at the] [[Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum]]
* [http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/people/18042285/ William Trost Richards collection at the] [[Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum]]
*[http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15324coll10/id/38038/rec/39 American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School], an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Richards (see index)
*[http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15324coll10/id/38038/rec/39 ''American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School''], an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Richards (see index)


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Latest revision as of 13:38, 25 June 2024

William Trost Richards
Born(1833-11-14)November 14, 1833
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. U.S.
DiedNovember 8, 1905(1905-11-08) (aged 72)
Newport, Rhode Island. U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting
MovementHudson River School
American Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
SpouseAnna Matlack

William Trost Richards (November 14, 1833 – November 8, 1905) was an American landscape artist.[1] He was associated with both the Hudson River School and the American Pre-Raphaelite movement.[2]

Early life and education

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Richards was born on November 14, 1833, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] In 1846 and 1847, he attended the local Central High School. Between 1850 and 1855, he studied part-time with the German artist Paul Weber, while working as designer and illustrator of ornamental metalwork.

Career

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Richards's first public exhibit was part of an exhibition in New Bedford, Massachusetts, organized by artist Albert Bierstadt in 1858.[3]

In 1862, he was elected honorary member of the National Academy of Design and was elected as an Academician in 1871. In 1863, he became a member of the Association for the Advancement of Truth in Art. In 1866, he departed for Europe for one year. Upon his return and for the following six years, he spent the summers on the East Coast.

In the 1870s, he produced many acclaimed watercolor views of the White Mountains, several of which are now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Richards exhibited at the National Academy of Design from 1861 to 1899,[4] and at the Brooklyn Art Association from 1863 to 1885. He was elected a full member of the National Academy in 1871.

In 1881, he built a house in Jamestown, Rhode Island, where he lived and worked for the remainder of his life.[5] He died on April 17, 1905, in Newport, Rhode Island.[1]

Style

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Richards rejected the romanticized and stylized approach of other Hudson River painters and instead insisted on meticulous factual renderings. His views of the White Mountains are almost photographic in their realism. In later years, Richards painted almost exclusively marine watercolors.

His works are featured today in many important American museums, including the National Gallery, the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Wadsworth Atheneum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Yale University Art Gallery, the High Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Fogg Art Museum, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Berkshire Museum, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

His daughter Anna Richards Brewster also became a painter.

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "William Trost Richards" (PDF). The New York Times. November 9, 1905. p. 9. Retrieved May 25, 2022. William T. Richards, a marine artist, who gained considerable prominence by his exhibition of paintings at the Centennial Exposition in 1876, died suddenly at his home in this city to-day from heart disease. He was born in Philadelphia in 1833.
  2. ^ "William Trost Richards". United States Department of State. Retrieved May 5, 2015. William Trost Richards was an important American landscape artist associated with both the Hudson River School and the American Pre-Raphaelite movement.
  3. ^ "William Trost Richards - The complete works".
  4. ^ "William Trost Richards Biography".
  5. ^ Rosemary Enright and Sue Maden (2010). Jamestown A History of Narragansett Bay's Island Town. History Press. p. 80. ISBN 9781596299573.

Further reading

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  • Ferber, Linda S., In search of a national landscape : William Trost Richards and the artists' Adirondacks, 1850-1870, Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y., Adirondack Museum, 2002.
  • Ferber, Linda S., Never at fault, the drawings of William Trost Richards, Yonkers, N.Y., Hudson River Museum, 1986.
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