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William Coventry Wall

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William Coventry Wall (1810 - 1886) was active/lived in Pennsylvania / England.  William Wall is known for Landscape-urban views and portrait painting.

The following biography is based on information sent to AskART.com by Frank J. Kurtik, who co-authored the essay for "Wall to Wall to Wall," 1998 museum exhibition featuring the artist by the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art:

William Coventry Wall was born in England in 1810, and in 1821, emigrated with his parents, William and Lucy, to the United States. The family settled in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, a small town in the southwestern corner of the state. Not much is known about his youth, especially anything conclusive about any form of education in the arts. It is known that he married Catherine Westervelt in the 1830s and that they resided in Louisville, Kentucky where William established a business as a looking glass manufacturer.

In 1841, the young couple moved up the Ohio River to Pittsburgh, where William opened a shop for "Plain and Fancy Portrait and Picture Frames" and also sold art supplies such as brushes, canvas and varnish. Four years later, much of P   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3038 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about William Coventry Wall

   Publications  Book References:  16
Magazine References:  4

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4 Miscellaneous Magazine References for William Coventry Wall
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review The Hudson River School February 2002 Huff, Roger Yes
American Art Review Still-Life Painting in Southwestern August 2001 O'Toole, Judith Hansen Yes
The Magazine Antiques Living With Antiques November 1997 Garrett, Wendel & Elisabeth Yes
American Art Review Art of the Erie Canal March 1996 Crawford, James Yes
16 Book References for William Coventry Wall
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Kurtik, Frank; Gary Grimes Wall To Wall To Wall 3 Yes
1992 Strazdes, Diana American Paintings and Sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art 511 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1989 Chew, Paul Southwestern Pennsylvania Painters Collection Westmorland Museum of Art 138 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 472 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1984 Anderson, Patricia The Course of Empire: The Erie Canal and the New York Landscape, 1825-1875
(Exhibition catalog)		 90 Yes
1977 Barter, Judith; Lynn E Springer Currents of Expansion Painting in the Midwest, 1820-1940
(Exhibition catalog)		 189 No
1977 Miles, Ellen G (editor) Portrait Painting in America The Nineteenth Century 176 Yes
1973 Carnegie Institute Catalogue of Painting Collection Museum of Art 196 Yes
1957 Groce, George; David Wallace The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860 759 No
1950 U S National Capital S C American Processional 1492-1900 (Sesquicentenial Commission)
(Exhibition catalog)		 270 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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