William Dana

1833 (age 94)

Boston, Massachusetts , United States

Dana was attracted to a sailor"s life, and made several voyages, then decided to study art, went to Paris in 1852, became a pupil of Picot and Le Poitevin and a student in the School of arts, and spent his summers sketching in Normandy and Brittany.Some of his earliest sketches are of Manchester, Master of Arts. Known as the American Impressionist, her lived at Rue Street Honore, Paris, had a studio in the city, and often visited Normandy. One of his many paintings of included Le Havre and The Rock at Etretat. Dana continued to paint in London, notably the famous view across the Thames to the Palace of Westminster, and Waterloo Bridge, as well as several of the pea-soup fog shrouding the river. But Dana was probably best known for his seascapes, especially for a self-portrait depicting him wearing sou-wester oilskins. Dana died in London in 1927, a very rich man with a large family, and a British subject. Works In 1855 Dana married Anna Bronson Murray, daughter of Colonel James Boyles Murray of New York and Maria Bronson, daughter of the New York banker, Isaac Bronson.

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William Parsons Dana was born in Boston, Massachusetts on February 18, 1833.

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Dana was attracted to a sailor"s life, and made several voyages, then decided to study art, went to Paris in 1852, became a pupil of Picot and Le Poitevin and a student in the School of arts, and spent his summers sketching in Normandy and Brittany.Some of his earliest sketches are of Manchester, Master of Arts. Known as the American Impressionist, her lived at Rue Street Honore, Paris, had a studio in the city, and often visited Normandy. One of his many paintings of included Le Havre and The Rock at Etretat. Dana continued to paint in London, notably the famous view across the Thames to the Palace of Westminster, and Waterloo Bridge, as well as several of the pea-soup fog shrouding the river.

But Dana was probably best known for his seascapes, especially for a self-portrait depicting him wearing sou-wester oilskins.

Dana died in London in 1927, a very rich man with a large family, and a British subject. Works In 1855 Dana married Anna Bronson Murray, daughter of Colonel James Boyles Murray of New York and Maria Bronson, daughter of the New York banker, Isaac Bronson.

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He returned to the United States in 1862, was chosen a full member of the National Academy of Design in 1863, painted in New York city and Newport, and afterwards established his studio in Paris, France.

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