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John Samuel Blunt

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John Samuel Blunt (1798 - 1835) was active/lived in New Hampshire, Massachusetts.  John Blunt is known for Portrait, marine, landscape and miniature painting.

The following, submitted September 2003, is from Mike Warren:

John S. Blunt was (1798-1835) was born in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire area.  His brief career consisted of portraits, landscapes, and marine art, some with luminous qualities that gave special lighting effects to his subject. 

He also produced ship ornaments and miniatures in his early years.  Blunt was married in 1821, and in 1825, he opened an art instruction school in Portsmouth.  John S. Blunt moved to Boston in 1831 and took up residence at 54 Cornhill.

Many of John S. Blunt's family were seafaring people.  His father was a ships captain. Other family members were also captains.  Some experts in the field find his rendering of ships probably the most successful element of his work.  His later works are thought of as improving as he matured.  He was self taught and his canvases were not very large.  He painted on canvas as well as panel   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1977 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about John Samuel Blunt

   Publications  Book References:  23
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for John Samuel Blunt
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review A Passion for the Past October 1996 Wolfe, Ruth Yes
23 Book References for John Samuel Blunt
Year Author Title Pages Color
2007 Child, Deborah; Evelyn Lamprey, Diana Korzenil The Sketchbooks of John Samuel Blunt 120 Yes
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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
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1989 Wilmerding, John American Light: The Luminist Movement 1850-1875
(Exhibition catalog)		 330 Yes
1988 Vlach, John Michael Plain Painters Making Sense of American Folk Art 206 Yes
1985 Campbell, Catherine New Hampshire Scenery 0 No
1982 Hirschl & Adler Galleries Lines of Different Character Americn Art from 1727 to 1947
(Exhibition catalog)		 106 Yes
1981 Gerdts, William H The Art of Healing, Medicine and Science in American Art (Birmingham Museum of Art)
(Exhibition catalog)		 120 Yes
1981 Rumford, Beatrix American Folk Portraits from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center 295 Yes
1980 Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874
(Exhibition catalog)		 325 Yes
1979 Bishop, Robert Folk Painters of America 255 Yes
1979 Ericson, Jack T Folk Art in America Painting and Sculpture 275 No
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics) 736 No
1976 Virginia Museum American Marine Painting A Loan Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 151 Yes
1975 Ebert, John and Katherine American Folk Painters 225 Yes
1973 Wilmerding, John The Genius of American Painting 352 Yes
1969 Flexner, James Thomas History of American Painting 1760-1835 The Light of Distant Skies 307 No
1969 Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed) American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes) 600 Yes
1968 Wilmerding, John American Marine Painting (2nd Edition) 204 Yes
1968 Wilmerding, John History of American Marine Painting 179 Yes
1957 Groce, George; David Wallace The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860 759 No
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