John Francis Murphy American

United States

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 landscape painter.

Biography

He was born at Oswego, New York

Oswego, New York

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 and first exhibited at the National Academy of Design

National Academy of Design

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 in 1876, and was made an associate in 1885 and a full academician two years later. He became a member of the Society of American Artists

Society of American Artists

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 (1901) and of the American Watercolor Society

American Watercolor Society

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. At first influenced by Wyant

Alexander Helwig Wyant

Alexander Helwig Wyant, was born January 11, 1836, in Ohio - and he died November 29, 1892 in New York, New York. He was an American landscape painter. Also known as Alexander Wyant, A. H. Wyant, he was active as an artist in Arkville, New York, and Keene Valley, New York among other...

 and Inness

George Inness

George Inness was an American landscape painter; born in Newburgh, New York; died at Bridge of Allan in Scotland. His work was influenced, in turn, by that of the old masters, the Hudson River school, the Barbizon school, and, finally, by the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg, whose spiritualism...

, after 1900 he attacked the modern problems of light and air, thus combining the old and new theories of landscape painting. His chief characteristics are extreme refinement and charm, poetic sentiment, and beauty of surface. His composition is simple and his rendering of soil unique. A past master of values, he preferred the quiet and subdued aspects of nature. He received numerous awards, including a gold medal at Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina

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 (1902) and the Inness medal in 1910.

Works

Good examples of his work are:

• "October" (Corcoran Gallery, Washington
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• "The Path to the Village" (National Gallery, Washington)
• "Indian Summer" (National Gallery, Washington)
• "The Old Barn" (Metropolitan Museum
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  , New York
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• "The Hill Top" (Art Institute, Chicago
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• "Afternoon Lights on the Hills" (Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh
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• "Neglected Lands" (Buffalo Academy)