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.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
By William Trost Richards
Located in New York, NY
Famed for his compelling watercolor and oil coastal scenes, William Trost Richards in the 1860s and 1870s spent his summers traveling in New England and New Jersey. During this time,...
Watercolor, Gouache
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
$125,000
H 12 in W 19 in
19th Century Signed Oil Painting of Sailing Off the Coast, Framed
By William Frederick de Haas
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This coastal landscape is done by the famed painted William Frederick De Haas (1830-1880). This painting shows two men in a canoe paddling off the cliff shore in the foreground with ...
Canvas, Oil
$9,500
H 12 in W 17 in
Early 20th Century Oil Painting of Jamestown, Virginia Landscape
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
John A Mooney is a Virginian artist who has been known to paint trompe loeil and landscape paintings. Born in Buffalo, New York, John A. Mooney (1843-1918) traveled to Georgia to enl...
Canvas, Oil
$12,000
H 21.25 in W 28.5 in
"Harbour of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, " Julius Montalant, Maritime Port Trade
Located in New York, NY
Julius Montalant (1823 - 1898) Harbour of Rio Janeiro, 1843-1850 Oil on canvas 17 x 24 inches Signed and dated lower right; conservator's inscription on the reverse Born in Virginia, probably Norfolk, Julius Montalant is known for his drawings and paintings inspired by his travels on board navy ships. Attached to the USS St. Louis around 1844-45, he sketched ports of call he visited, including Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, and China. Many of his works are held in the Museum of the U.S. Naval Academy. Navy records indicate his rank as 'C. Clerk', which may mean that he held a civilian position. During the 1850s he lived in Philadelphia, and in 1851-61 he exhibited at the Philadelphia Art Union and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Included were paintings of North America, Greece...
Canvas, Oil
$58,000
H 17.75 in W 15.5 in
New York Harbor with Ferry boats and Victorian Houses - Holiday Magazine Cover
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Miami, FL
Steinberg's Holiday Magazine Cover, " The North of Jersey " is similar to his famous New Yorker Cover "View of the World from 9th Avenue”. ...
India Ink, Gouache
$4,975
H 29 in W 43 in D 2 in
Antique American Realist Cow Farm Large 19th Century Landscape Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American realist cow farm landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 29 by 41 inches overall, and 24 by 36 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. ...
Oil, Canvas
$5,500
H 9.5 in W 12.25 in
Mid-19th Century Spaniel Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 9.5x12.25
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Spaniel Game is a delightful nineteenth-century sporting scene by W.H.M. Turner, painted circa 1860s, celebrating the companionship, discipline, and excitement of the traditional Bri...
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
H 12.5 in W 16.5 in
"A View from Picturesque America" Hudson River School Oil painting circa 1870s
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
A View from Picturesque America is a charming nineteenth-century American landscape inspired by the celebrated publication Picturesque America, edited by William Cullen Bryant and pu...
Canvas, Oil
$7,000
H 26 in W 30 in
"Couple in the Field, " James Brade Sword, Hunter on Farm Landscape
By James Brade Sword
Located in New York, NY
James Brade Sword (1839 - 1915) Couple in the Field Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches Signed lower left After a childhood in Macao, China, James Brade Sword started out in life, after hi...
Canvas, Oil
$1,530
H 14 in W 20 in
Hudson River Valley Bridge Antique American Oil Painting Framed NYC 19th Century
Located in Buffalo, NY
This atmospheric antique American landscape depicts a rustic wooden covered bridge spanning a quiet river, surrounded by dense foliage and dappled summer light. Painted in oil, the c...
Canvas, Oil
Reflections of Trees at Dusk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Much about this late 19th-century painting remains a mystery, including the name of the artist who only left their identity in a single-letter monogram. But the work's moody embrace ...
Canvas, Oil
$3,243Sale Price|20% Off
H 23.63 in W 27.96 in
Camargue Guardians with Horses, Gouache on Paper, Framed, 1950s
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'Gardians with Horses in the Camargue', gouache on art paper, by Yves Brayer (circa 1950s). A luminous artwork capturing the spirit of the Camargue — that vast, wild delta of the Rhô...
Paper, Gouache
$28,000
H 26.19 in W 36.25 in
View of Lake Champlain, c. 1857 by James MacDougal Hart (American: 1828–1901)
By James McDougal Hart
Located in New York, NY
JAMES MCDOUGAL HART (1828–1901) View of Lake Champlain, c. 1857 Oil on canvas 26 3/16 x 36 1⁄4 inches Signed lower center Exhibition History: National ...
Oil
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