Filosofia
Philosophy and Christian Art c1878 by Engraver W. Ridgway after a painting by American Painter Daniel Huntington‘s c1868 (1816 – 1906) de l'Hudson River School Art Movement i més tard es va convertir en un destacat retratista, who’s was influenced by Raphaelesque Italian and German ideals and of the High Renaissance Era.
La filosofia és una reproducció d'antics mestres d'art digital retocada d'una imatge de domini públic.
Informació a continuació de Wikipedia.org
Huntington va néixer a la ciutat de Nova York, Nova York a l'octubre 4, 1816. Era fill de Benjamin Huntington, Jr. i Fe (de soltera Trumbull) Huntington. El seu avi patern era Benjamin Huntington, delegat al Segon Congrés Continental i primer U.S. Representant de Connecticut.
El seu avi matern era Jedediah Huntington (1743 – 1818) de Norwich, Connecticut, who served as a General in the American Revolutionary War.
He studied at Yale with Samuel F.B. Morse, and later with Henry Inman. Des de 1833 a 1835 he transferred to Hamilton College in Clinton, Nova York, where he met Charles Loring Elliott, who encouraged him to become an artist.
Huntington first exhibited his work at the National Academy of Design in 1836. Posteriorment, he painted some landscapes in the tradition of the Hudson River School.
Huntington made several trips to Europe, the first in 1839 traveling to England, Roma, Florence and Paris with his friend and pupil Henry Peters Gray.
On his return to America in 1840, he painted his allegorical painting “Mercy’s Dream”, which brought him fame and confirmed his interest in inspirational subjects.
He also painted portraits and began the illustration of The Pilgrim’s Progress. En 1844, he went back to Rome.
Returning to New York around 1846, he devoted his time chiefly to portrait-painting, although he painted many genre, religious and historical subjects.
Des de 1851 a 1859 he was in England. He was president of the National Academy of Design from 1862 a 1870, and again in 1877 – 1890. He was also vice president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.