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William MacLeod

William MacLeod (1811 - 1892) was active/lived in District Of Columbia, New York.  William MacLeod is known for Hudson River style landscape painting, Corcoran Gallery First Curator.

William MacLeod was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1811. He studied art in New York City, first exhibiting at the American Art Union, and traveled along the Eastern Seaboard learning to paint landscapes in accordance with the Hudson River School tradition. By 1856 MacLeod had moved to Washington, D.C. and served as the first Curator of Painting at the Corcoran Gallery of Art from 1873-1889.

He was influential in shaping the institution’s vision and establishing the importance of the role of museum curator in the United States. In his application for the position, MacLeod emphasized his intimate connection with the city of Washington, which underwent a number of significant changes during his lifetime. He witnessed the burning of Washington by the British in 1814 and its growth into the nation’s capital based on the architectural plan of French-American military engineer Pierre Charles L’Enfant.

As the Corcoran Gallery’s first curator and one of the first museum profess   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1660 characters.]  Artist bio

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