Born and raised in Montpelier, Vermont, Thomas Wood became a watercolorist of genre scenes with figures and objects that have meticulous detail.
He worked in his father's cabinet-making shop, and in 1846 went to Boston where he likely studied with Chester Harding. In the 1850s, he became a successful portrait painter, and in 1858, he went to Paris to study and to set up a studio and also studied in Dusseldorf with Hans Gude.
In 1867, after years of travel, he established his studio (showing 500 of 5164 characters). |
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Thomas Wood is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
Paris Pre 1900
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