John Whetton Ehninger
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John Whetten Ehninger was a United States
painter
and etcher
.
in 1847. He was a pupil of Couture
in Paris
1848-1849, and afterward studied at Düsseldorf and other art centres 1851-1852.
Among his paintings, which include landscape and figure subjects, are:
He was a clever and versatile draftsman and is perhaps best known for his illustrations of Longfellow's
Miles Standish (1858) and Irving's
Dolph Heylinger and Ye Legend of St. Gwendolyn (1867). The drawings for the latter were considered so delicate that they were reproduced by photography — an unusual method in that day.
United States
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painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and etcher
Etching
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.
Biography
He graduated from Columbia UniversityColumbia University
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in 1847. He was a pupil of Couture
Thomas Couture
Thomas Couture was an influential French history painter and teacher. Couture taught such later luminaries of the art world as Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, John La Farge, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Karel Javůrek, and J-N Sylvestre.-Life:He was born at Senlis, Oise, France...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
1848-1849, and afterward studied at Düsseldorf and other art centres 1851-1852.
Among his paintings, which include landscape and figure subjects, are:
- “Peter StuyvesantPeter StuyvesantPeter Stuyvesant , served as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664, after which it was renamed New York...
” (1850) - “Autumn Landscape” (1867)
- “Monk” (1871)
- “Vintage in the Valtella” (1877)
- “Twilight from the Bridge of Pau” (1878)
- “Death and the Gambler” (Saratoga, 1895)
- “New England Farmyard”
- “Yankee Peddler”
- “Love me, Love my Horse”
- “The Foray”
- “The Sword”
- “Lady Jane Grey”
- “Christ Healing the Sick”
He was a clever and versatile draftsman and is perhaps best known for his illustrations of Longfellow's
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline...
Miles Standish (1858) and Irving's
Washington Irving
Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works...
Dolph Heylinger and Ye Legend of St. Gwendolyn (1867). The drawings for the latter were considered so delicate that they were reproduced by photography — an unusual method in that day.