藝術家Norton BUSH (1834-1894) 生平簡歷

出生地: Rochester, NY

死亡地点: San Fran., CA

地址: Primarily in San Fran., from 1853

职业: Landscape, portrait, and marine painter

教育: James Harris, Rochester, NY (before 1852); Jasper F. Cropsey, NYC, 1852

展出: NAD, 1852, 1871; Brooklyn AA, 1870-73; Mechanics Inst. , 1858; California State Fairs (four gold medals)

会员: Bohemian Club; San Fran. AA (dir., 1878-80)

工作: Oakland Mus.; Soc. of Calif. Pioneers; Crocker Museum, Sacramento

评论: Bush's favorite and most popular subject was tropical landscape, a pursuit that may have been inspired by his route to California which reportedly brought him through the jungles of Nicaragua. His tropical paintings brought him acclaim and patronage from wealthy collectors (William Ralston and Henry Meiggs), allowing him to make sketching trips to Panama (1868) and South America (1875). He had established a studio in San Francisco in 1853, and with the exception of a few years residence in Sacramento, a trip to NYC (1871-72), and several sketching trips, he remained in that city his entire career. Later in his career he focused on painting marines. He was art director of the California section at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893.

来源: G&W; Clement and Hutton; Barker, American Painting, 456; Cowdrey, NAD; CAB. More recently, see Hughes, Artists in California; Gerdts, Art Across America, vol. 3, 230 (repro.), 231.

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