Background
Agate, Frederick Styles was born on January 29, 1803 in Shipley, England. Son of Thomas and Hannah Agate.
Agate, Frederick Styles was born on January 29, 1803 in Shipley, England. Son of Thomas and Hannah Agate.
Studied painting under John Rubens Smith, New York City, 1818-1825.
Frederick was the brother of another noted painter, Alfred Thomas Agate. At the age of 15, he moved to New York City to study painting under John Rubens Smith. Agate and Cummings led the movement which resulted in the formation of the National Academy of Design.
Beginning in 1827, he worked as a historical and portrait painter at 152 Broadway in New York City.
His work is described as being semi-religious and moralistic. He went to Paris and Florence in 1834-1835, returning home to Sparta, New York, where he died in 1844, aged 41 of undisclosed causes.
Frederick Styles Agate was born to an American father and a British mother.