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John Adams Parker

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"Catskill Mountains at Sunset"

John Adams Parker (29 November 1829 – 1905) was an American painter from New York.

Biography

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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

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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

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References

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  • "John Adams Parker (1829–1905)". Questroyal Fine Art, LLC. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainWilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Parker, John Adams" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
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