A painter, illustrator and expedition artist, Alfred Agate learned at an early age to paint from his older brother Frederick Styles Agate, portrait and historical painter. Alfred later went on to study with Thomas Seir Cummings, and by the late 1830's, was exhibiting his work at the National Academy of Design in New York, establishing himself as a skilled painter in oils.
Already an active miniaturist, Agate was engaged by the United States Government in 1838-1942 as an official portrait (showing 500 of 1488 characters). |
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Painted in Latin America
Artists who painted Hawaii
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