Lemuel Wilmarth
| Lemuel Everett Wilmarth | |
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Wilmarth, 1912
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| Born |
Lemuel Everett Wilmarth November 11, 1835 Attleboro, MA United States |
| Died | July 27, 1918 (aged 82) Brooklyn, NY United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Royal Academy at Munich (Academy of Fine Arts, Munich) Ecole de Beaux Arts |
| Known for |
Painter Art professor |
| Notable work |
Left In Charge Ingratitude The Pick of the Orchard Jack's Return |
Lemuel Everett Wilmarth (November 11, 1835 – July 27, 1918) was an American painter. He was a founder of the Art Students League of New York and a member of the National Academy of Design. He was professor in charge of the schools of the National Academy of Design in Manhattan from 1870 to 1890. He was among America's most respected teachers of art during the later nineteenth century.
Lemuel Wilmarth was born in Attleboro, MA, the son of Benoni Wilmarth and Fanny Fuller. He was raised and educated in Boston, MA. Early on he learned the trade of watchmaking. In 1854 he began the study of drawing in night school at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He went to Europe in 1858 and studied at the Royal Academy at Munich for three and a half years (1859-’63) under Wilhelm von Kaulbach and at the Ecole Des Beaux Arts in Paris for two and a half years (1864-‘7) under Jean-Léon Gérôme.
He was married to Emma Belinda Barrett, daughter of William Barrett of Essex, England, in 1872. She died March 8, 1895, at age 62. They had no children.
His home "Sunny Crest" was near Marlboro on the Hudson River. It and some of his paintings were destroyed by fire. At the time of his death, he resided at 352 Adelphi St., Brooklyn, NY.
Among his best known paintings are The Pick of the Orchard, Ingratitude,Left in Charge and Sunny Italy. On Guard is one of two known versions of this scene; Wilmarth gave the other, Left in Charge, to the National Academy of Design. Images of some of his works can be viewed at the External links listed below. He taught many art students, including Thomas Pollock Anshutz, James Carroll Beckwith, William Merritt Chase, Frederick Stuart Church, Louise Cox, and Abbott Handerson Thayer. He was a great influence to his grand-niece Alice Wilmarth Busing, a painter proficient in oils, pastels, and watercolor.
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