William Hart (painter)

William Hart
William Hart c. 1858-1868
Born(1823-03-31)March 31, 1823
Paisley, Scotland
DiedJune 17, 1894(1894-06-17) (aged 71)
Mount Vernon, New York, US
EducationJules-Joseph Lefebvre
Known forLandscape art, Painting
MovementHudson River School

William Hart (March 31, 1823 – June 17, 1894), was a Scottish-born American landscape and cattle painter, and Hudson River School artist. His younger brother, James McDougal Hart, and his younger sister, Julie Hart Beers, were also Hudson River School artists, and his nieces Letitia Bonnet Hart and Mary Theresa Hart became well-known painters as well. Another niece, Annie L. Y. Orff, became an editor and publisher.[1] He studied under Jules-Joseph Lefebvre.

  1. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "ORFF, Mrs. Annie L. Y.". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. pp. 548–49. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.