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William Guy Wall

William Guy Wall (1792 - 1864) was active/lived in New York / Ireland.  William Wall is known for Landscape and some marine painting.

The following is from Cornelia Moynihan, who credits Grove Dictionary of Art

(b Dublin, 1792; d Ireland, c. 1864).

American painter of Irish birth.  He arrived in New York in 1812, already well-trained as an artist and soon became famous for his sensitive watercolour views of the Hudson River Valley and environs.  Some of these watercolours were published as engravings by John Hill and his son John William Hill in the Hudson River Portfolio (New York, 18215), the first book to make Americans aware of the beauty and sublimity of their own scenery.

Wall is often seen as a forerunner or early member of the HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL.  Good examples of his work are the "Covered Bridge across the Sacandaga River", Hadley, New York (1820; New York, NY Hist. Soc.) and the "View near Hudson" (1822; Yonkers, NY, Hudson River Museum.).

Wall was a founder-member of the National Academy of Design, New York, and exhibited frequentl   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2645 characters.]  Artist bio

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