John Rollin Tilton

Background

Tilton, John Rollin was born on June 8, 1828 in Loudon, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Daniel Tilton.

Career

He was initially self-taught, but then trained in Florence, and later in Rome, where he lived for many years initially making a living painting vedute and reproductions of masters. He painted a Rome from the Aventine, the Lagoon of Venice, The Egitto, and the Lago di Averno. The American statesman Hamilton Fish bought his Vallata Chamounix, and the American businessman West. B. Astor, his Lago di Thun.

Louise, lady Ashburton, Dendur in Egypt and Paestum.

The Boston mayor Martin Brimmer, his Lago di Como and Venice, and Count Palfy, his Vedute of Orvieto. De Gubernatis noted that "those who found Neapolitan vedute painters, warm and scintillating, would find Tilton cold and calm." He painted many watercolors.

Among them were John Ruskin and Henry James.

Achievements

• John Rollin Tilton has been listed as a notable landscape painter by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Caroline Tilton, 2 children.

Father:

Daniel Tilton. Tilton

Spouse:

Caroline Tilton