Washington Allston and his Boston patrons: The exhibition of pictures in 1839.
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Title
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Washington Allston and his Boston patrons: The exhibition of pictures in 1839.
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Identifier
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AAI9317440
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identifier
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9317440
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Creator
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Viola, Mary Jo.
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Contributor
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Adviser: William H. Gerdts
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Date
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1992
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Art History | History, United States | Biography
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Abstract
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In 1818, at the height of a successful career as a history painter, Washington Allston left England and returned to Boston where he worked until his death in 1843. Here he supported himself solely by the creation of pictures of romantic subjects, becoming the first American artist to earn a living without resorting to the production of portraits. This endeavor required encouragement from sympathetic patrons, and Allston found such sustenance primarily among his Boston benefactors.;Allston in Boston was at the center of complex changes in American life. His works were admired by a diverse group of accomplished New Englanders--merchants, ministers, artists, writers, industrialists, doctors and reformers. In the early nineteenth century, Allston was one of America's best patronized artists. In 1839 Allston had an exhibition at the Gallery of the portrait painter Chester Harding. The catalogue for Allston's exhibition lists all but two of the works shown, and it records as well, the owners in 1839. The reconstruction of the exhibition, which might be termed America's first major one artist retrospective, provided a focal point for the study of Allston and his Boston patrons.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy Restricted.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.