Biography from AskART:
| Known as a Hudson River School painter, especially of mountain
landscapes, Arthur Parton was well established in the New York art
world where he exhibited at the National Academy of Design for more
than half a century. He was born in Hudson, New York to a
religious family supported by a cabinetmaker father. He enrolled
in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts as a student of William Trost
Richards, who remained a strong influence, and in 1862, his first exhibitions were in Philadelphia.
In 1864, he moved
to New York City where he exhibited regularly with the National Academy
of Design excepting 1869 when he spent a year in Europe and was influenced by the Barbizon style of painting.
In 1874, he and his
wife moved into the Tenth Street Building in New York City, and he kept
his studio there until 1893. In 1876, he gained much national
notoriety at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition for his paintings November, Loch Lomond and Solitude.
He spent summers painting in the Adirondacks and Catskill Mountains and
also in England and Scotland as indicated by his entry at the Philadelphia Exposition.
During his career, he explored several styles
including Tonalism and Impressionism but seemed to remain most closely
influenced by the Hudson River style including Luminism.
Sources include:
Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American Art
Peter Falk, 300 Years of American Art
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Arthur Parton is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
Hudson River School Painters
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