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William John Hennessey

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William John Hennessey (1839 - 1917) was active/lived in New York, Connecticut / United Kingdom, England, Ireland, France.  William Hennessey is known for Luminous sea-landscape and genre painting, illustration.

William John Hennessy NA, ROI (1839-1917)

The versatile Irish landscape artist, genre painter and illustrator William John Hennessy was born in County Kilkenny but soon joined his father John Hennessy in Canada whence he had fled from the British authorities following his involvement with the Young Ireland movement of 1848.  Moving with his parents to New York, the young William Hennessy began drawing while still in his early teens, and at 15 attended the National Academy of Design to study fine art painting.  In 1857, he first showed at the National Academy in New York (NA), to which he was elected as a full member in 1863.  The luminous quality of his landscape painting as well as the sentimental appeal of his genre painting won him considerable praise from art critics.

In addition to his oil painting, watercolours and sketches, William Hennessy was also a fine illustrator, receiving commissions to illustrate the works of American poets such as Tennyson,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4054 characters.]  Artist bio

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27 Book References for William John Hennessey
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
2004 Dearinger, David B. Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925 672 Yes
2003 Leeds, Valerie (Essay) Dreams and Dramas: Moonlight and Twilight in American Art (Hollis Taggart Galleries)
(Exhibition catalog)		 88 Yes
2000 Cuthbert, John A. Early Art and Artists in West Virginia 301 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
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
1989 Blaugrund, Annette Paris 1889 American Artists at the Universal Exposition
(Exhibition catalog)		 304 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 472 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Ferber, Linda S.; William H. Gerdts The New Path: Ruskin and the American Pre-Raphaelites (The Brooklyn Museum)
(Exhibition catalog)		 288 Yes
1982 Koke, Richard J American Landscape/Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society (3 vols) 1243 No
1982 Stebbins, Theodore/G Gorokhoff American Paintings at Yale University: An illustrated Checklist
(Exhibition catalog)		 213 No
1981 San Diego Museum of Art Catalogue of American Painting 240 Yes
1980 Galleries, Hirschl and Adler American Art from the Gallery's Collection October 4 - 25, 1980 112 Yes
1980 Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874
(Exhibition catalog)		 325 Yes
1977 Mayor, A. Hyatt; Mark Davis American Art at the Century 0 No
1973 Naylor, Maria Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
(Exhibition catalog)		 1075 No
1972 Hirschl & Adler Galleries Faces and Places Changing Images of 19th Century America
(Exhibition catalog)		 72 Yes
1961 Hofer, Philip The Artist and the Book 1860-1960 In Western Europe and the United States
(Exhibition catalog)		 232 Yes
1957 Groce, George; David Wallace The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860 759 No
1956 King, Edward S/Marvin C Ross Walters Art Gallery Catalogue of the American Works of Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 63 No
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1943 Cowdrey, Mary Bartlett National Academy of Design Exhibition Record, 1826-1860
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 No
1917 F. Levy, Editor Who's Who in Art, American Art Annual, 1917 715 No
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