William Trost Richards
(1833–1905) American painter (1833-1905)
William Trost Richards (USA, 1833–1905) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, William Trost Richards belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.
William Trost Richards was born in Philadelphia and died in New York City. William Trost Richards trained at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Wikidata associates William Trost Richards with Hudson River school. William Trost Richards was awarded Temple Silver Medal / 2nd Place.
The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 115 works by William Trost Richards with free images. The dated works span the years 1801–1904. Works by William Trost Richards are held by several collections, among them Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, and New Britain Museum of American Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Herman Herzog, Viktor av Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Edward Burne-Jones, George Henry Boughton, and Elisabeth Ney.