John Mackie Falconer
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John Mackie Falconer was a Scottish-born American etcher, painter, and watercolorist. Born in Edinburgh, he came to the United States in 1836.
A full member of the New York Etching Club
, he was made an honorary member of the National Academy of Design
in 1856. He is known for studies of older buildings and ruins. Falconer was a friend of Thomas Cole
, Asher Durand, Jasper Francis Cropsey
and other artists of the Hudson River School
.
His works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts
, Boston; the New-York Historical Society
; the Brooklyn Museum of Art; and the Columbus (Georgia) Museum .
A full member of the New York Etching Club
New York Etching Club
The New York Etching Club was the first professional organization in America devoted to the medium of etching. Its founders were inspired by the Etching revival that had blossomed in France and England in the middle 19th century...
, he was made an honorary member of the National Academy of Design
National Academy of Design
The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, founded in New York City as the National Academy of Design – known simply as the "National Academy" – is an honorary association of American artists founded in 1825 by Samuel F. B. Morse, Asher B. Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E...
in 1856. He is known for studies of older buildings and ruins. Falconer was a friend of Thomas Cole
Thomas Cole
Thomas Cole was an English-born American artist. He is regarded as the founder of the Hudson River School, an American art movement that flourished in the mid-19th century...
, Asher Durand, Jasper Francis Cropsey
Jasper Francis Cropsey
Jasper Francis Cropsey was an important American landscape artist of the Hudson River School.-Biography:Cropsey was born on his father Jacob Rezeau Cropsey's farm in Rossville on Staten Island, New York, the oldest of eight children. As a young boy, Cropsey had recurring periods of poor health....
and other artists of the Hudson River School
Hudson River school
The Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement embodied by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by romanticism...
.
His works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts
Museum of Fine Arts
The Museum of Fine Arts may refer to:* Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States** Museum of Fine Arts , which is near the museum* Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States...
, Boston; the New-York Historical Society
New-York Historical Society
The New-York Historical Society is an American history museum and library located in New York City at the corner of 77th Street and Central Park West in Manhattan. Founded in 1804 as New York's first museum, the New-York Historical Society presents exhibitions, public programs and research that...
; the Brooklyn Museum of Art; and the Columbus (Georgia) Museum .
External links
- Brooklyn Museum of Art: Falconer, Self Portrait Plaque
- Metropolitan Museum of Art: Montmorency Falls, Canada, etching
- Brooklyn Museum of Art: At Newtown Creek, Long Island
- Negro Huts at Wilmington, North Carolina , etching
- Smithsonian Archives of American Art
- Thomas Cole’s First Studio at Catskill, New York, etching