Lemuel Wilmarth

Lemuel Everett Wilmarth
Wilmarth, 1912
Born
Lemuel Everett Wilmarth

(1835-11-11)November 11, 1835
DiedJuly 27, 1918(1918-07-27) (aged 82)
New York City, US
EducationPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Royal Academy at Munich (Academy of Fine Arts, Munich)
Ecole de Beaux Arts
Known forPainter
Art professor
Notable workLeft In Charge[1]
Ingratitude[2]
The Pick of the Orchard
Jack's Return[3]

Lemuel Everett Wilmarth (November 11, 1835 – July 27, 1918) was an American painter. He was a founder of the Art Students League of New York and a member of the National Academy of Design. He was professor in charge of the schools of the National Academy of Design in Manhattan from 1870 to 1890.[4][5] He was among America's most respected teachers of art during the later nineteenth century.[6]

  1. ^ Dearinger, David Bernard, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826-1925; Hudson Hills, 2004, p. 591.
  2. ^ Sheldon, George William, American Painters: With Eighty-three Examples of their Work Engraved on Wood; D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1879, p. 110.
  3. ^ Edwards,Lee M. and Jon Seidler Ramirez and Timothy Anglin Burgard, Domestic Bliss: Family Life in American Painting, 1840-1910; The Hudson River Museum, 1986, p. 74-75.
  4. ^ The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, "Prof L.E. Wilmarth, Artist, Editor, Dies", New York, NY; July 29, 1918, p. 2.
  5. ^ National Academy of Design website, "Lemuel Everett Wilmarth Bio".
  6. ^ Mitchell, Mark D., St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, Handbook of the Art Collection, "E/S-1 Lemuel Wilmarth, On Guard", 2005, p. 82.