Portrait of George Hollingsworth, 19th century

George Hollingsworth (1813–1882) was an American artist, teacher, and administrator active in Massachusetts.

His father, Mark Hollingsworth, was part owner of Tileston & Hollingsworth, a paper manufacturing firm.[1] George completed his studies in Europe.[1] For 28 years he managed and taught at the Lowell Institute, which began admitting women students at his suggestion.[2] He was affiliated with the Boston Artists' Association.[3][4]

He lived in Milton, and kept a studio in Boston on Washington Street (c. 1848–1868).[5] His paintings Portrait of the Hollingsworth Family (c. 1840) and The Hollingsworth Home in Milton (1840s) are in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

References

  1. 1 2 Teele p. 542.
  2. ↑ Teele p. 543.
  3. ↑ Atlantic Monthly, Sept. 1888; p.384.
  4. ↑ Bacon's dictionary of Boston. 1886; p.233.
  5. ↑ Boston Directory. 1848, 1868.

Further reading

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  • Albert Kendall Teele. "George Hollingsworth." The history of Milton, Mass., 1640-1887. Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1887.
  • Samuel L. Gerry. Old Masters of Boston. New England Magazine, v.3, no.6, Feb. 1891.
  • Barbara N. Parker. George Hollingsworth and His Family. Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Vol. 50, No. 280 (Jun., 1952), pp. 30–31.
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