William Morris Hunt
(1824–1879) amerikansk målare
William Morris Hunt (USA, 1824–1879) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, William Morris Hunt belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.
William Morris Hunt was born in Brattleboro and died in Appledore Island. William Morris Hunt trained at Harvard University, Phillips Academy, and Harvard College. William Morris Hunt studied under Thomas Couture. The students included William James.
The best-known works include ‘Madame Isaac Fenno’ and ‘Paysanne’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 106 works by William Morris Hunt with free images. The dated works span the years 1849–1879. Works by William Morris Hunt are held by several collections, among them Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museums, and drawings in the National Gallery of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Sanford Robinson Gifford, William Bradford, William Hart, Jasper Francis Cropsey, and Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff.