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Ad Code: 3
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from Auction House Records.
Portrait of a Lady in Elaborate Lace Bonnet
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born in Alexander, New York, Noah North was a relatively unknown portraitist whose career lasted only about a decade in the areas of Alexander, Holley and Rochester, as well as Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio, and into Kentucky.
He came from a prominent family involved in community life, something for which he was more known than for his painting skill. His art interest was likely stirred by Van Rensselaer Hawkins, an art teacher who came to Alexander. His portraits also resemble those of Ammi Phillips, a New York and Connecticut painter who perhaps influenced North. Milton William Hopkins is also thought to have influenced him as he lived in proximity to North, and one scholar, Jacquelyn Oak, says that census records indicate North boarded with Hopkins.
His style is simple linear associated with the early New England limners. The first dated portrait of North is 1833, and is numbered 11, which, of course, suggests that 10 others preceded it. No signed portraits are extant from the 1840s. Characteristic of his work is a single figure holding a domestic animal. Faces are brightly lit against a dark background. Photography may have ended his career.
Source:
Michael David Zellman, "300 Years of American Art" |
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