William Trost Richards was born in Philadelphia on November 14, 1833. He studied in Philadelphia with Paul Weber in 1850 and possibly at the PAFA, CA, 1852, before studying in Florence, Rome and Paris from 1853–56. Richards worked as an illustrator and as a designer of ornamental light fixtures for a Philadelphia firm that produced gas lamps while studying privately the techniques of painting with German taught landscape-portrait painter Paul Weber (1823–1916). In 1852, he exhibited his first landscapes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, and in 1853 some of his romantic drawings appeared in the portfolio, The Landscape Feeling of American Poets. By 1855, Richards and marine-landscape painter William Stanley Hasseltine (1835–1900) sailed for Dusseldorf, where Richards studied with Leutze and Albert Bierstadt, the latter of whom inspired Richards. After painting landscapes in oil in France and Italy, Richards married and returned to Germantown. Enthused by the works of Frederick Edwin Church and John Kensett by 1856, it was Church's use of light and atmosphere that Richards began to imitate and two years later he was painting outdoors. In 1866, Richards traveled to England and his focus turned from landscapes to marine painting. A year later, a storm at sea caught the painter's attention, and he began to study the structure of waves and how weather affects the sea and shore. He died in Newport, Rhode Island, on November 9, 1905.
Woodland Interior
By William Trost Richards
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Woodland Interior Oil on canvas 21 7/8 x 14 3/4 inches (55.6 x 37.5 cm) Framed dimensions: 32 7/8 x 26 inches Signed lower left: Wm. T. Richards Provenance The artist; James Bayard ...
Canvas, Oil
Newport Oil Painting on Panel, Signed, 19th Century Landscape Art
By William Trost Richards
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Newport Oil on panel 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm) Framed dimensions: 10 3/8 x 14 1/8 inches Signed lower left: WTR Provenance Estate of the artist; Anna Richards Brewster, t...
Oil, Panel
Remembering Plains no. 54
By Alyson Kinkade
Located in Loveland, CO
Remembering Plains no.54 by Alyson Kinkade 8" x 8" oil on linen ©2021 gallery wrapped, black sides The allure of the horizon of the Great Plains, where waves of colors meet sky. AB...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Folk Art American Hudson River School Landscape Figures Homes Rare 19th Century
Located in Buffalo, NY
A 19th century American landscape depicting a quiet coastal or lakeside scene at dusk, where a small cluster of houses rests along the water’s edge beneath a softly glowing sky. A n...
Oil, Board
$3,495
H 18 in W 20 in D 2 in
Lawrence Mazzanovich Antique American Tryon North Carolina Sunset Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist sunset landscape oil painting by Lawrence Mazzanovich (1871 - 1959). Oil on panel. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 18 by 20 inches overall, and 11 by 13.5 p...
Oil, Wood Panel
$3,475
H 15 in W 19 in D 2 in
Luminous Hudson River School Landscape Cows Grazing Wide Gold Frame Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A finely rendered 19th century Hudson River School landscape depicting cattle grazing within an expansive open field, set beneath a softly illuminated sky. The composition is anchore...
Canvas, Oil
$1,150
H 12 in W 16 in D 1 in
Antique American Pastoral Hudson River Painting Farm Oxen 1890 19th Century Rare
Located in Buffalo, NY
A 19th century American landscape depicting a pastoral valley framed by autumnal trees, with distant mountains rising softly along the horizon. A river winds through the foreground, ...
Oil, Board
Gone Fishing
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Wonderful Hudson River School oil on board of a fisherman in a peaceful River scene. Monogram and dated on reverse. 9.25" x 12.25" housed in a carved frame measuring 11.5" x 14.5".
Oil
$12,500
H 16.5 in W 23 in D 2.25 in
“Manchester-by-the-Sea” Ann Sophia Towne Darrah, 19th C. Female Artist American
Located in Yardley, PA
About this work: “Manchester-by-the-Sea” by Ann Sophia Towne Darrah (American, 1819-1881). Darrah was among the earliest American women to establish a professional reputation as a p...
Oil, Board
$13,513
H 42 in W 30 in D 3 in
Large 19th Century NeoClassical Oil Painting of Ancient Roman Goddess Diana
By Max Nonnenbruch
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Diana Nemorensis’ by Max Nonnenbruch (1857-1922). The painting – which depicts the Roman Goddess Diana of the Woods beside Lake Nemi – is signed by the artist and presented in a fin...
Oil
$15,000
H 19.5 in W 24.5 in
"Pastoral Landscape, " William Hart, Hudson River School, Cloudy View with Cows
By William Hart
Located in New York, NY
William Hart (1823 - 1894) Pastoral Landscape, 1877 Oil on canvas 9 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches Signed and dated lower left Born in Paisley, Scotland, William Ha...
Canvas, Oil
$13,243Sale Price|30% Off
H 42 in W 30 in D 3 in
Large 19th Century NeoClassical Oil Painting of Ancient Roman Lake Goddess Diana
By Max Nonnenbruch
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Diana Nemorensis’ by Max Nonnenbruch (1857-1922). The painting – which depicts the Roman Goddess Diana of the Woods beside Lake Nemi – is signed by the artist and presented in a fin...
Oil
Mother and Child
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor on paper laid on board: An exceptional watercolor in terms of quality and presentation. During this earlier period of Day's career he exhibited extensively and was inspir...
Watercolor, Board, Archival Paper
$8,500
H 10 in W 8 in
Watering the Cows, 1883 by American artist Xanthus Russell Smith (1839-1929)
By Xanthus Russell Smith
Located in New York, NY
Hudson River School artist Xanthus Russell Smith's (1845-1933) "Watering the Cows," is oil on panel, measures 10 x 8 inches, and is signed, titled and dated 1883 on the verso. The wo...
Oil, Panel
Rhode Island Coast
By William Trost Richards
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
William Trost Richards was a leading light of American painting in the second half of the nineteenth century. His masterful observation and extraordinary technical skill embody the p...
Canvas, Oil, Board
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H 16.25 in W 21.5 in D 1 in
Twin Lights, Thacher Island, Connecticut
By William Trost Richards
Located in New York, NY
Twin Lights, Thacher Island is a superlative early Luminist rendering of Thacher Island off the coast of Rockport, Massachusetts executed in 1873 at an important early point in the a...
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
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H 20.25 in W 30.25 in D 1 in
American Watercolor Atlantic City New Jersey Coast Beach Sunset Signed Date 1875
By William Trost Richards
Located in Portland, OR
A fine and important painting by the celebrated American Hudson River School painter William Trost Richards (1833-1905), the painting depicting the coastline at sunset Atlantic City, NJ, signed and dated 1875. This watercolor is fresh to the market from a private American collection, in the same family hands since the 1920's and housed in the original bronzed frame, condition is all original, we at Bloomsbury Fine Art had the work professionally remounted in archival acid free materials and UV glass. Condition is excellent. Framed: 20.25" tall x 30.25" wide x 1" deep At sight: 10.5" tall x 20.5" wide William Trost Richards was born in Philadelphia and began to draw at a young age. At thirteen he was forced to leave school to support his family and found a job designing ornamental metal fixtures. He continued to study art, eventually taking classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and exhibiting his first work there in 1852. In 1855 he made the first of several trips to Europe to look at art. An admirer of the great American landscape artists of his day, Frederic Edwin Church and John F...
Paper, Watercolor
Study of Three Coastal Scenes
By William Trost Richards
Located in New York, NY
In this unique work on paper titled “Study of Three Coastal Scenes,” William Trost Richard paints three separate studies of varied coastal scenes featuring boats.
Paper, Gouache
View of the Coast, Donegal, Ireland
By William Trost Richards
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left: WM T Richards.; on verso: Carrigan Head / Donegal
Oil, Panel
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H 6.5 in W 8.75 in
"Cormorant Rock, Conanicut Island, Rhode Island" Hudson River School Seascape
By William Trost Richards
Located in New York, NY
William Trost Richards (1833 – 1905) Cormorant Rock, Conanicut Island, Rhode Island Oil on board 6 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches Signed lower right: “W.T.R.” Provenance: Roger King Gallery, N...
Paint, Oil, Board
Seascape near Atlantic City
By William Trost Richards
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated lower right: WM T Richards. 1871
Canvas, Oil
Morning, Newport Beach
By William Trost Richards
Located in Wiscasset, ME
A native of Philadelphia, William Trost Richards studied privately with Paul Weber and took classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. By 1854, Richards was an active painter, known for his landscape paintings of the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the Hudson River Valley, but in 1867, he began to paint marine subjects, a theme which he would follow for the rest of his career. Richards and his family soon moved to Newport, Rhode Island, and he went on to become nationally recognized for his luminous and atmospheric renditions of the ocean and shoreline, such as the scene depicted in “Morning, Newport Beach...
Watercolor
Morning Seas, Wolf's Crag
By William Trost Richards
Located in Wiscasset, ME
A native of Philadelphia, William Trost Richards studied privately with Paul Weber and took classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art before traveling to Europe. By 1854, Richa...
Watercolor