John Ward Dunsmore (February 29,1856 - 1945) was an American painter who during his career was known as one of the United States' most prominent painters of murals and historical subjects

Biography

Signing the Treaty with the Indians April 22, 1642, a 1908 portrait by Dunsore

He was in Paris from 1875 to 1879, where he studied at the Petite Ecole with Aimée Millet and privately with Thomas Couture.[1] In 1879, Dunsmore drew a deathbed portrait of Couture.[2]

Dunsmore painted a number of murals depicting various scenes from the American Revolution for Fraunces Tavern in Lower Manhattan.[3][4][5] His works are known for there exacting painstakingly researched historical detail and for the elaborate staging and dressings of models the artist produced in his studio His painting of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart titled Mozart was exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago.[6]

Works by Dunsmore are in the permanent collections of among other institutions and venues the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.,[7] The Fraunces Tavern Museum, and the New York Historical Society.

Dunsmore's was president of the Cincinnati Art Club from 1899 to 1902.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "John Ward Dunsmore (1856-1945)".
  2. ↑ https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/15356/portrait-of-thomas-couture-18151879-on-his-deathbed
  3. ↑ "Online Collections | Fraunces Tavern Museum".
  4. ↑ https://nationalacademy.emus 0eum.com/people/117/john-ward-dunsmore
  5. ↑ "Three Artists: Part I—John Ward Dunsmore". February 1928.
  6. ↑ "The Official Directory of the World's Columbian Exposition (1893): List of U. S. Exhibitors and Exhibits - Paintings in Oil".
  7. ↑ "John Ward Dunsmore".
  8. ↑ https://cincinnatiartclub.org/cac-presidents/
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