Arthur PARTON
1842–1914, USA
Biography
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Arthur Parton established himself through his landscapes, particularly mountain landscapes. Enrolling in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, his teacher William Trost Richards remained one of the most prevalent influences in the life of Parton. Prior to his year spent abroad in Europe, during which he was heavily influenced by the Barbizon style of painting, he resided in New York City where is work was frequently exhibited with the National Academy of Design. Though he spent many summers painting in the Catskill Mountains, the Adirondacks and Scotland, he was most commonly known for the praise he gained at the Philadelphia Centennial Expostion for his paintings "November," "Loch Lomond," and "Solitude." Although he experimented with a variety of styles such as Tonalism and Impressionism, Luminism and the Hudson River style persisted as his heaviest influence.
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