William Morris Hunt

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William Morris Hunt was a prominent 19th-century American painter known for introducing the Barbizon school style to the United States and for his influential role in Boston’s art scene.

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instanceOf American painter
human
painter
activeYearsEnd 1879
activeYearsStart 1840s
artisticFocus bringing European styles to American art
associatedWith Boston School of painters
birthDate 1824-03-31
birthPlace Brattleboro, Vermont
surface form: Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
burialPlace Brattleboro, Vermont
surface form: Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
causeOfDeath drowning
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1879-09-08
deathPlace Appledore Island, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, United States
educatedAt Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College

École des Beaux-Arts
era 19th century
familyName Hunt
father Jonathan Hunt
genre landscape painting
murals
portrait painting
givenName William
influenced American landscape painting
Boston art community
language English
mother Jane Maria Leavitt Hunt
movement Barbizon school
Realism
name William Morris Hunt self-link
nationality American
notableFor influential role in Boston art scene
introducing the Barbizon school style to the United States
notableWork Allegories of the Muses murals
The Discoverer (Christopher Columbus) mural
The Flight of Night
occupation art teacher
painter
relative Jonathan Hunt
residence Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Paris
surface form: Paris, France
sibling Richard Morris Hunt
spouse Louisa Dumaresq Perkins
studiedUnder Jean-François Millet
Thomas Couture
style loose, painterly brushwork
taught many leading Boston artists of his time
taughtAt his Boston studio

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William Morris Hunt name William Morris Hunt self-link
Richard Morris Hunt sibling William Morris Hunt