Washington Allston

Washington Allston
Self-portrait, 1805 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Born(1779-11-05)November 5, 1779
Near Georgetown, South Carolina, U.S.
DiedJuly 9, 1843(1843-07-09) (aged 63)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Known forPainting
Poetry
Spouses
  • Ann Channing (1809–15)
  • Margaret Remington Dana (1830-43)

Washington Allston ARA (November 5, 1779 – July 9, 1843) was an American painter and poet, born in Waccamaw Parish, South Carolina. Allston pioneered America's Romantic movement of landscape painting. He was well known during his lifetime for his experiments with dramatic subject matter and his bold use of light and atmospheric color. While his early artworks concentrate on grandiose and spectacular aspects of nature, his later pieces represent a more subjective and visionary approach.[1]

  1. ^ Norwich, John Julius (1990). Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia Of The Arts. USA: Oxford University Press. pp. 13. ISBN 978-0198691372.