Arthur Parton

Arthur Parton
Born1842 (1842)
Died1914 (aged 71–72)
OccupationLandscape painter

Arthur Parton (1842–1914) was an American landscape painter. He was a member of the Hudson River School.[1]

Biography

Parton was born in 1842 in Hudson, New York.[2] He was trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under the tutelage of William Trost Richards.[2] Parton began exhibiting his work in Philadelphia when he was 22.[3] He spent a year in Europe in 1869, after which his paintings began to take on aspects of the Barbizon School.[2]

Parton had a studio at the Tenth Street Studio Building in New York City from 1874 to 1893. His Shenandoah River painting was published in William Cullen Bryant's Picturesque America.[2]

Parton became an associate of the National Academy of Design in 1871. He was named a National Academician in 1884.[4] Parton's 1889 Winter on the Hudson won the Temple Silver Medal.[5]

In 1893, Parton sold 119 of his paintings at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries in New York City.[6] He died in 1914 in Yonkers, New York.[2] His brother, Ernest Parton, was also a painter.[3]

References

  1. ^ American Paradise The World of the Hudson River School. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1987. pp. 326–329.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Brief Biographical Sketch". Phillip Capozzi, M.D., Library - New York Medical College. Retrieved January 9, 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Arthur Parton". Questroyal Fine Art, LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2026.
  4. ^ "About Arthur Parton". invaluable.com. Retrieved January 9, 2026.
  5. ^ Catalogue of the collections of the American Art Association. 1892. p. 54.
  6. ^ "Arthur Parton". National Academy of Design. Retrieved January 9, 2026.
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