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David Claypoole Johnston

(1798–1865). Printmaker, draftsman, and painter. The first important satirical draftsman in the United States, he became the nation's earliest commercially successful ...

Johnston, David Claypoole

Johnston, David Claypoole (1799–1865)   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to the Book

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Current Version:
2010
Subject:
History, Social sciences
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87 words

..., David Claypoole ( 1799–1865 ) American satirist , illustrator , and lithographer . Best known for his comic work, Johnston illustrated for a wide variety of media—newspapers, periodicals, and *annual s ( The Token , Little Girls’ Own Book )—as well as books of humour, poetry, some children’s books, and classics (Milton, Scott, and Homer). In his well-received Scraps (9 vols, 1828–49 ), he caricatured contemporary society and current events. Margaret M. Smith The Douglas Claypool Johnston Collection, ...

Johnston, David Claypoole

Johnston, David Claypoole (25 March 1798)   Reference library

The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art

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Current Version:
2011
Subject:
Art & Architecture
Length:
472 words

...: David Claypoole Johnston (Worcester, MA, 1970) D. Tatham : “D. C. Johnston's Satiric Views of Art in Boston,” Art and Commerce (Charlottesville, VA, 1978), pp. 9–24 D. Tatham : “David Claypoole Johnston's Theatrical Portraits,” American Portrait Prints (Charlottesville, VA, 1984), pp. 162–93 M. Wood : “ The Influence of English Radical Satire on Nineteenth-Century American Print Satire: David Claypool Johnston's The House that Jeff Built, ” Harvard Library Bulletin , x (Spring 1999), pp. 43–67 J. A. Greenhill : “ Playing the Fool: David Claypoole...

Johnston, David Claypoole

Johnston, David Claypoole (1798–1865)   Quick reference

The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists (2 ed.)

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2018
Subject:
Art & Architecture
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321 words

...most accomplished and admired students, specialized in large-scale charcoal drawings, often depicting children or domestic subjects. http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection#!?q=%22david%20claypoole%20johnston%22&perPage=20&sortBy=Relevance&sortOrder=asc&offset=0&pageSize=0 Images https://americanart.si.edu/artist/david-claypoole-johnston-2487 Images http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/artist-info.39606.html Images ...

David Claypoole Johnston

David Claypoole Johnston  

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(1798–1865).Printmaker, draftsman, and painter. The first important satirical draftsman in the United States, he became the nation's earliest commercially successful lithographer. He also produced ...
William Sidney Mount

William Sidney Mount  

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(b Setauket, Long Island, NY, 26 Nov. 1807; d Setauket, 19 Nov. 1868).American painter, his country’s first notable specialist in genre scenes. Although he worked intermittently in New York ...
Jerome Thompson

Jerome Thompson  

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(1814–86).Painter. Although he successfully pursued nearly every type of subject popular in his day, he is remembered especially for charming rural idylls depicting scenes of labor or leisure set ...
Thompson, Cephas Giovanni

Thompson, Cephas Giovanni (1809–88)   Quick reference

The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists (2 ed.)

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2018
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Art & Architecture
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199 words

...by his father, who remained based in Middleborough (although he traveled widely in search of commissions until 1825 ), at eighteen Cephas Giovanni established a portrait practice in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He subsequently worked in Boston, where he studied with David Claypoole Johnston , in Philadelphia, and elsewhere before arriving in New York in 1837 . There he flourished for a decade as a fashionable portrait painter. Spring (Metropolitan Museum, 1838 ), a softly romantic, idealized portrait of a young woman, exemplifies his most appealing...

Oja, Carol J(ean)

Oja, Carol J(ean) (18 March 1953)   Reference library

Virginia Danielson

The Grove Dictionary of American Music (2 ed.)

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Current Version:
2013
Subject:
Music, Social sciences, Regional and Area Studies
Length:
704 words

...Still-Life Paintings of William Michael Harnett: Their Reflections upon Nineteenth-Century American Musical Culture,” MQ , lxiii/4 ( 1977 ), 505–23 “The Copland-Sessions Concerts and Their Reception in the Contemporary Press,” MQ , lxv/2 ( 1979 ), 212–29 “Trollopiana: David Claypoole Johnston Counters Frances Trollope's Views on American Music,” College Music Symposium , xxi/1 ( 1981 ), 94–102 ed.: American Music Recordings: a Discography of 20th-Century US Composers (Brooklyn, NY, 1982 ) ed.: Stravinsky in “Modern Music,” 1924–1946 (New York, 1982 )...

Mount, William Sidney

Mount, William Sidney (1807–68)   Quick reference

The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists (2 ed.)

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Current Version:
2018
Subject:
Art & Architecture
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1,058 words

...dancers and other revelers crowded into a boxlike room, this scene of lighthearted merriment suggests Mount’s interest in the work of David Wilkie . Distributed as prints, the Scotsman’s anecdotal scenes had already been internationally popular for two decades. Although prior American genre paintings had been few, Mount presumably also knew the work of John Lewis Krimmel , an earlier admirer of Wilkie. David Claypoole Johnston ’s published caricatures probably assisted Mount’s understanding of the potential for comedy in mundane activities. As Mount’s work...

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