1829-1912 Related Paintings of william r clark :. | wilson fangade med stor inlevelse dramatiken och ogastvan ligheten i polarlandskapet i manga av sina skissr ovan ses en isformation pa rossons strand | livingstone betraktade sig sjalv som i forsta hand missionar,men han var anda en av de storsta forskningsranena i afrika | den franske officern overste paul flatter underhandlar med tuareghovdingar | denna vangmalning fran 400 talet hittade stein de tusen buddhornas grotta | horace de saussures expadition var den tredje som besteg mont blancs topp | Related Artists:
Prellwitz, Edith MitchellAmerican, 1865-1944
DUPUYS, PierreFrench painter (b. 1610, Montfort l'Amaury, d. 1682, Paris).
John William Casilear (June 25, 1811 - August 17, 1893) was an American landscape artist belonging to the Hudson River School.
Casilear was born in New York City. His first professional training was under prominent New York engraver Peter Maverick in the 1820s, then with Asher Durand, himself an engraver at the time. Casilear and Durand became friends, and both worked as engravers in New York through the 1830s.
By the middle 1830s Durand had become interested in landscape painting through his friendship with Thomas Cole. Durand, in turn, drew Casilear's attention to painting. By 1840 Casilear's interest in art was sufficiently strong to accompany Durand, John Frederick Kensett, and artist Thomas P. Rossiter on a European trip during which they sketched scenes, visited art museums, and fostered their interest in painting.
Casilear gradually developed his talent in landscape art, painting in the style that was later to become known as the Hudson River School. By the middle 1850s he had entirely ceased his engraving career in favor of painting full-time. He was elected a full member of the National Academy of Design in 1851, having been an associate member since 1831, and exhibited his works there for over fifty years.
Casilear died in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1893.