LC control no. | nr 91024134 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Woodville, Richard Caton, 1825-1855 |
Variant(s) | Woodville, Richard Caton, Sr., 1825-1855 |
Associated country | United States Germany |
Associated place | Düsseldorf (Germany) Paris (France) London (England) |
Birth date | 1825-04-30 |
Death date | 1855-08-13 |
Place of birth | Baltimore (Md.) |
Place of death | London (England) |
Affiliation | American Art-Union Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
Profession or occupation | Artists Painters |
Found in | Britannica encic. of Amer. art, 1973: p. 604 (Woodville, Richard Caton; genre painter; b. Baltimore 1825, d. London 1855) RLIN data base, 07/09/91 (hdg.: Woodville, Richard Caton, 1825-1855; usage: Richard Caton Woodville) Wikipedia, March 4, 2019 (Richard Caton Woodville; Richard Caton Woodville Sr.; born Baltimore, Maryland, 30 April 1825; died London, 13 August 1855, age 30, from overdose of morphine; father of Richard Caton Woodville Jr., also a noted artist; in his short career he produced fewer than 20 paintings, but they were well known in their time, largely due to his relationship with the American Art-Union, and have remained prominent in the canon of American painters; studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, remaining in Düsseldorf for six years, studying with Karl Ferdinand Sohn; then went to Paris and London) |