Whittredge, Thomas Worthington (hwĭt`rĭj), 1820–1910, American painter, b. Springfield, Ohio. He studied in Paris, Düsseldorf, and Rome before returning to the United States. He is numbered among the practitioners of luminism luminism (l
`mĭnĭz'əm), American art movement of the 19th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. . His paintings contain a minutely executed tonal quality marked by intense illumination, expressing a mysterious, atmospheric silence. Notable works include the Camp Meeting (1874; Metropolitan Mus.) and Third Beach, Newport (Walker Art Center, Minneapolis).
Whittredge, Thomas Worthington (1820–1910) painter; born in Springfield, Ohio. A sign painter in Cincinnati (1838–39), he became a landscape artist (1843), studied in Europe (1849–59), returned to New York (1859), and settled in the Catskill Mountains. Known as a Hudson River School painter, as seen in Trout Pool in the Catskills (1875), he moved to Summit, N.J., in 1880.
`mĭnĭz'əm), American art movement of the 19th cent...... Click the link for more information. . His paintings contain a minutely executed tonal quality marked by intense illumination, expressing a mysterious, atmospheric silence. Notable works include the Camp Meeting (1874; Metropolitan Mus.) and Third Beach, Newport (Walker Art Center, Minneapolis).
Whittredge, Thomas Worthington (1820–1910) painter; born in Springfield, Ohio. A sign painter in Cincinnati (1838–39), he became a landscape artist (1843), studied in Europe (1849–59), returned to New York (1859), and settled in the Catskill Mountains. Known as a Hudson River School painter, as seen in Trout Pool in the Catskills (1875), he moved to Summit, N.J., in 1880.
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