John Adams Parker
John Adams Parker (29 November 1829 – 1905) was an American painter from New York.
Biography
[edit]Parker was born in New York City. He received his education at New York University, and was a merchant from 1850 until 1857. He then studied art, exhibiting first at the Academy of Design in 1858, where he became a regular contributor. He was made an associate of the Academy in 1869, and was a member of the Brooklyn Art Association and one of the founders of the Brooklyn Art Club. He began his residence in Brooklyn in 1856.
Works
[edit]Mountain scenery especially claimed his attention, and the Adirondacks, the Catskills, and the White Mountains furnished him with most of the subjects for his paintings, which include:
- “Twilight in the Adirondacks” (1876)
- “Winter” (1879)
- “Winter Twilight” (1880)
- “Landscape in the Adirondacks — Twilight” (1882)
- “Winter Evening” (1884)
- “The Gothics — Adirondacks ” (1885)
- “Close of a November Day, Ausable Pond, Adirondacks” (1886)
Notes
[edit] | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (November 2018) |
References
[edit]- "John Adams Parker (1829–1905)". Questroyal Fine Art, LLC. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
