William Richards

January 14, 1833 (age 71)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

He and his wife settled at Germantown, experiencing at first vicissitudes of fortune due to the depression of 1857 and the devastating effects of the Civil War. Richards, however, still did some designing and as an artist he found a Maecenas in George Whitney, who bought many of his paintings. He was preoccupied with landscape and still life until 1867, when a storm at sea caught his interest and led to intensive studies of waves and their aspects on the New Jersey coast. Richards' mode of making these marine paintings was original with him, though on account of his literal fidelity to the facts of nature he was sometimes called an American Pre-Raphaelite. He observed so closely and recorded so accurately as to win commendation from John Ruskin. Critics favorable to French impressionism and other later phases of modern art found Richards' manner hard, photographic, and not too colorful. At the commemorative exhibition by members of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1925, Richards' "After the Storm, " owned by William Macbeth, was shown. In 1874 he began spending his summers at Newport, Rhode Island, which from 1890 on was his permanent residence. He owned for a time "Gray Cliff" on Conanicut Island, but this was taken over by the United States government in 1899. In his later years he painted much abroad - on the Irish west coast, in the Orkneys, and among the Channel Islands. After his wife's death Richards aged rapidly. He spent a summer painting in Norway and thereafter worked quietly at Newport until his death. He was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.

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A Mine of Beauty: Landscapes by William Trost Richards

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William Trost Richards: True To Nature: Drawings, Watercolors and Oil Sketches

( William Trost Richards (1833-1905) began his career as ...)

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Background

William Trost Richards was born on November 14, 1833 in Philadelphia, the son of Benjamin M. and Annie (Trost) Richards. His middle name was that of his maternal grandfather, a Dutch goldsmith.

Education

Educated in the Philadelphia grammar and high schools, the future depictor of the sea became a designer for Archer & Warner, makers of gas fixtures, doubtless confirming at this period the precision of draftsmanship which was later characteristic of his art and the businesslike habits which enabled him to prosper. To perfect himself as designer, he studied wood engraving in his evening hours and presently began to paint pictures, several of which were shown at the Philadelphia Art Union. Having had instruction from Paul Weber, a local artist, he gave up his $1500 salary in 1853, and soon after, with his scanty savings, went abroad. He studied at Florence, Rome, and Paris, though without continuing long under any one master.

Career

He and his wife settled at Germantown, experiencing at first vicissitudes of fortune due to the depression of 1857 and the devastating effects of the Civil War. Richards, however, still did some designing and as an artist he found a Maecenas in George Whitney, who bought many of his paintings.

He was preoccupied with landscape and still life until 1867, when a storm at sea caught his interest and led to intensive studies of waves and their aspects on the New Jersey coast. Richards' mode of making these marine paintings was original with him, though on account of his literal fidelity to the facts of nature he was sometimes called an American Pre-Raphaelite.

He observed so closely and recorded so accurately as to win commendation from John Ruskin. Critics favorable to French impressionism and other later phases of modern art found Richards' manner hard, photographic, and not too colorful.

At the commemorative exhibition by members of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1925, Richards' "After the Storm, " owned by William Macbeth, was shown. In 1874 he began spending his summers at Newport, Rhode Island, which from 1890 on was his permanent residence. He owned for a time "Gray Cliff" on Conanicut Island, but this was taken over by the United States government in 1899. In his later years he painted much abroad - on the Irish west coast, in the Orkneys, and among the Channel Islands.

After his wife's death Richards aged rapidly.

He spent a summer painting in Norway and thereafter worked quietly at Newport until his death. He was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.

Achievements

Regardless of fashions in art, he painted throughout a long and busy life his luminous and realistic sea pictures. These won him several medals and other similar honors. He was represented in his life time in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia; the Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington.

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William Trost Richards: American landscape & marine painter, 1833-1905 William Trost Richards: American landscape & marine painter, 1833-1905

Journal: Seascape: Simple Lined Journal Journal: Seascape: Simple Lined Journal

A Mine of Beauty: Landscapes by William Trost Richards A Mine of Beauty: Landscapes by William Trost Richards

William Trost Richards: True To Nature: Drawings, Watercolors and Oil Sketches William Trost Richards: True To Nature: Drawings, Watercolors and Oil Sketches

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- Journal: Seascape: Simple Lined Journal
  (If you are going through life right now feeling like ever...)
- William Trost Richards: True To Nature: Drawings, Watercolors and Oil Sketches
  ( William Trost Richards (1833-1905) began his career as ...)
- William Trost Richards: American landscape & marine painter, 1833-1905
- A Mine of Beauty: Landscapes by William Trost Richards
  ( This gorgeously illustrated book celebrates the recent ...)

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He was an indefatigable worker, a quiet, dignified gentleman, inconspicuous in attire and manners, a prudent manager of his finances.

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Before leaving Philadelphia he had become engaged to Anna Matlack, of a Quaker family, who had already written poems and dramas. On his return they were married, June 30, 1856. Among their seven children were Prof. Theodore William Richards, chemist, of Harvard University, and Prof. Herbert Maule Richards (1871 - 1928), botanist, of Columbia University.

Father:: Benjamin M. Richards
Mother:: Annie (Trost) Richards
Spouse:: Anna Matlack
Son:: Theodore William Richards
Son:: Herbert Maule Richards

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Journal: Seascape: Simple Lined Journal

A Mine of Beauty: Landscapes by William Trost Richards

William Trost Richards: True To Nature: Drawings, Watercolors and Oil Sketches

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