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Философия и христианское искусство c 1878 г., гравер В.. Риджуэй по картине американского художника Дэниел Хантингтон1868 г. (1816 – 1906) из Художественного движения школы реки Гудзон, а в более позднем возрасте он стал выдающимся художником-портретистом., who’s was influenced by Raphaelesque Italian and German ideals and of the High Renaissance Era.
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Huntington was born in New York City, New York on October 4, 1816. He was the son of Benjamin Huntington, Jr. and Faith (née Trumbull) Huntington. His paternal grandfather was Benjamin Huntington, delegate at the Second Continental Congress and first U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
His maternal grandfather was Jedediah Huntington (1743 – 1818) of 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. Из 1833 к 1835 he transferred to Hamilton College in Clinton, Нью-Йорк, 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. Впоследствии, he painted some landscapes in the tradition of the Hudson River School.
Huntington made several trips to Europe, первый в 1839 traveling to England, Рим, 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. В 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.
Из 1851 к 1859 he was in England. He was president of the National Academy of Design from 1862 к 1870, and again in 1877 – 1890. He was also vice president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.