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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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Facts about William Guy Wall

   Publications  Book References:  54
Magazine References:  4

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4 Miscellaneous Magazine References for William Guy Wall
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review The Hudson River School at the New York Historical Society October 2005 Ferber, Linda & Vedder, Lee A Yes
American Art Review American Color Plate Books January 2005 Reese, William Yes
The Magazine Antiques Australian & American Landscape September 1998 Ellis, Amy Yes
American Art Review Masterworks of the Adirondacks August 1997 Welsch, Caroline M Yes
54 Book References for William Guy 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
1995 Barnhill, Georgia B Wild Impressions The Adirondacks on Paper 99 Yes
1994 Craven, Wayne American Art History and Culture 687 Yes
1991 Boime, Albert The Magisterial Gaze Manifest Destiny & Landscape Painting 1830-1865 188 Yes
1991 Garrett, Wendell (essay); Stuart Feld (Intro) Neo-Classicism in America: Inspiration and Innovation. 1810-1840
(Exhibition catalog)
136 Yes
1991 Howat, John K (foreward) American Watercolors From Metropolitan Museum of Art 204 Yes
1991 Koshkin-Youritzin, Victor American Watercolors from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(Exhibition catalog)
204 Yes
1991 Sullivan, Mark W The Hudson River School An Annotated Bibliography 225 No
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1990 Hirschl & Adler Galleries Counterpoint Two Centuries of American Masters
(Exhibition catalog)
112 Yes
1990 Tyler, Ron American Canvas The Art, Eye, and Spirit of Pioneer Artists 208 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)
612 No
1988 Deak, Gloria-Gilda Picturing America /1497-1899 2 vols /Prints, Maps and Drawings 1160 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
472 No
1988 Riehlman, Franklin; Glen C. Peck The American Spirit: Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from 1817-1987 H V Allison Galleries
(Exhibition catalog)
54 Yes
1988 Susan Sheehan Inc American Masterworks on Paper 1800-1960 104 No
1986 Finch, Christopher American Watercolors 312 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1986 Zellman, Michael David 300 Years of American Art (two volumes) 1102 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Baigell, Mathew American Painting and Sculpture A Concise History 420 No
1984 Faunce, Sarah; Linda S. Ferber (Curators) American Watercolors, Pastels, Collages The Brooklyn Museum 88 Yes
1983 Trenton, Patricia/P Hassrick The Rocky Mountains Vision for Artists in the 19th Cen 418 Yes
1983 Wright, R Lewis Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist 200 No
1982 Koke, Richard J American Landscape/Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society (3 vols) 1243 No
1981 Hirschl & Adler Galleries America in Print 1796-1941
(Exhibition catalog)
128 Yes
1980 Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874
(Exhibition catalog)
325 Yes
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics) 736 No
1977 Brown, Milton W American Art to 1900 Painting, Sculpture, Architecture 631 Yes
1977 Hoopes, Donelson F American Watercolor Painting 208 Yes
1976 Ross, Barbara T American Drawings In the Art Museum, Princeton University 132 No
1976 Stebbins, Theodore E American Master Drawings and Watercolors A History of Works on Paper 464 Yes
1974 Wilmerding, John (Introductory Essay) 19th Century American Topographic Painters Lowe Art Museum Exhibition, November 21, 1974-January 5, 1975
(Exhibition catalog)
95 Yes
1972 Amon Carter Museum Amon Carter Museum of Western Art Catalogue of the Collection 1972 600 No
1972 Howat, John K; James Biddle (Preface); Carl Carmer (Foreward) The Hudson River and Its Painters 207 Yes
1970 Hawes, Louis The American Scene 1820-1900 An exhibition of landscape and outdoor genre
(Exhibition catalog)
143 No
1969 Flexner, James Thomas History of American Painting 1760-1835 The Light of Distant Skies 307 No
1968 Dickson, Harold E Arts of the Young Republic The Age of William Dunlap
(Exhibition catalog)
234 No
1968 Genesco, S U College, New York Hudson River School
(Exhibition catalog)
200 No
1968 Wunderlich, Rudolf (Introduction), American Drawings, Pastels and Watercolors, Part Two The Nineteenth Century:1825-1890, Kennedy Galleries
(Exhibition catalog)
76 No
1967 Hirschl & Adler Galleries American Paintings for Public and Private Collections 52 Yes
1966 Gardner, Albert Ten Eyck History of Water Color in America 160 Yes
1966 Metropolitan Museum of Art 200 Years of Watercolor Painting Centennial of American Watercolor Society
(Exhibition catalog)
64 No
1960 Pasadena Art Museum American Painting of the 19th Century (McMurray Collection)
(Exhibition catalog)
64 No
1958 Jones, Agnes Halsey Rediscovered Painters of Upstste New York/1700-1875 80 No
1957 Groce, George; David Wallace The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860 759 No
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1950 Barker, Virgil American Painting History and Interpretation 715 No
1948 Born, Wolfgang American Landscape Painting An Interpretation 228 No
1945 Sweet, Frederick A The Hudson River School Early American Landscape Tradition
(Exhibition catalog)
123 No
1918 Dunlap, William A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States (Revised edition from 1834) 418 No
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