Washington Allston

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Washington Allston was a prominent early 19th-century American painter and poet known for his romantic landscapes and dramatic historical and biblical scenes.

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Washington Allston canonical 4

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instanceOf artist
human
painter
poet
romantic painter
activeIn early 19th century
buriedAt Cambridge, Massachusetts
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1779-11-05
dateOfDeath 1843-07-09
describedAs “the American Titian”
educatedAt College of New Jersey at Princeton (attended briefly)
Harvard University
ethnicGroup American
familyName Allston
fieldOfWork aesthetics
painting
poetry
fullName Washington Allston
genre biblical painting
history painting
landscape painting
givenName Washington
hasWorkInCollection Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
influenced American Romantic painting
Hudson River School painters
linked to: Hudson River School
languageOfWorkOrName English
livedIn Boston
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London
linked to: London, England

Rome
movement Romanticism
notableFor biblical scenes
dramatic historical scenes
romantic landscapes
notableWork Belshazzar’s Feast (unfinished)
Elijah in the Desert
Monaldi
Moonlit Landscape
The Angel Releasing Peter from Prison
The Bride
The Dead Man Restored to Life by Touching the Bones of the Prophet Elisha
The Italian Shepherd Boy
The Landscape with Lake
The Poor Author and the Rich Bookseller
The Roman Lady
The Sisters
The Spanish Girl in Reverie
The Storm
The Sylphs of the Seasons
The Valentine
occupation painter
poet
writer
placeOfBirth Georgetown, South Carolina
United States of America
placeOfDeath Cambridge, Massachusetts
United States of America
relative William Ellery Channing
sexOrGender male
spouse Ann Channing Allston
studiedIn London
linked to: London, England

Royal Academy of Arts, London
wrote Lectures on Art
Monaldi (novel)
The Sylphs of the Seasons, and Other Poems

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Allston namedAfter Washington Allston
Benjamin West student Washington Allston
Allston, Massachusetts namedAfter Washington Allston
Washington Allston fullName Washington Allston