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instanceOf
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American painter
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human
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painter
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activeYearsEnd
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1879
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activeYearsStart
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1840s
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artisticFocus
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bringing European styles to American art
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associatedWith
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Boston School of painters
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birthDate
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1824-03-31
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birthPlace
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Brattleboro, Vermont
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surface form:
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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burialPlace
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Brattleboro, Vermont
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surface form:
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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causeOfDeath
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drowning
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countryOfCitizenship
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United States of America
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deathDate
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1879-09-08
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deathPlace
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Appledore Island, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, United States
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educatedAt
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Harvard University
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surface form:
Harvard College
École des Beaux-Arts
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era
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19th century
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familyName
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Hunt
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father
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Jonathan Hunt
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genre
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landscape painting
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murals
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portrait painting
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givenName
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William
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influenced
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American landscape painting
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Boston art community
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language
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English
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mother
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Jane Maria Leavitt Hunt
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movement
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Barbizon school
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Realism
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name
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William Morris Hunt
self-link
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nationality
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American
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notableFor
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influential role in Boston art scene
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introducing the Barbizon school style to the United States
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notableWork
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Allegories of the Muses murals
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The Discoverer (Christopher Columbus) mural
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The Flight of Night
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occupation
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art teacher
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painter
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relative
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Jonathan Hunt
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residence
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Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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sibling
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Richard Morris Hunt
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spouse
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Louisa Dumaresq Perkins
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studiedUnder
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Jean-François Millet
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Thomas Couture
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style
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loose, painterly brushwork
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taught
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many leading Boston artists of his time
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taughtAt
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his Boston studio
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