Born in London, England, Thomas Addison Richards, age 11, came to
Hudson, New York, and then spent the remainder of his youth in
Penfield, Georgia. He became one of the first artists to bring
the beauty of the natural landscape of the South to the widespread
attention of Americans through numerous paintings, illustrated travel
guides, and magazine articles.
His early talent was shown in his
150 pages of watercolor sketches about his trip from England. At
age 18, a book (showing 500 of 6610 characters). |
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Addison Richards is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
Hudson River School Painters
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