Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823-1900) - Master of the autumn landscape

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Jasper Francis Cropsey (February 18, 1823 - April 23, 1900)? - well-known American landscape painter, representative? Schools River Gudzon.On born into a family farmer in the village? Rossville, state? Island , near? PM New York, was the eldest of eight detey.Dzhasper? a child was often sick, and how all the painful children? often remained ? home, almost odinochestve.Svoe he? brightened drawing, the drive for which awakened at an early detstve.Vse school notebooks, textbooks were? illustrated them with drawings, often on the subject? predmeta.On keen as graphics or after graduation? continued his "education in the field of architecture. Even while studying architecture, Jasper creates his own studio as early as 1843, begins to actively engage in painting, taking lessons from the artist? Edward Maury, and "parallel studying at the National Academy of Design ( National Academy of Design ). In 1844 he began to exhibit his work? in this Academy?, a year later he was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of ? and switched exclusively to? zhivopis.Vskore holds a large exhibition of his works titled "Italian Compositions." In May? 1847g.Dzhasper married? ? Maria Cooley, and they went on a long journey for two years, with visiting England, France, Switzerland and Italii.V 1851g. the artist was elected a member of the Academy. Jasper Cropsey was a personal friend? Henry Tappan, president of the University of Michigan, and his invitation, he went to the University, writing there are two pictures and gave universitetu.S 1855g. artist travels again, seven years thereafter, in London, exhibiting his paintings at the Royal Academy, and in 1862. done there? comprehensive exhibition, which had great uspeh.Vozvrativshis home in New York,? Jasper Cropsey? opens up his studio there? It specializes mainly in the autumn peyzazhazh northeastern United States, often idealize with bright colors. ? A year later he removed to a place near New York City - Hastings-on-Hudson, where he continued rabotat.Na throughout his life Jasper Cropsey worked also as an architect of this? infrmatsii.On little was known among artists of the first generation of artists of the Hudson River School to its generous use of color, plenty of beautiful autumn scenery that affect their courage and bleskom.Kak painter, he believed that landscapes are the highest form of art and bright pryavleniem divine in prirode.Ego paintings embody strength, integrity Ameriki.No He died quietly, almost in obscurity, and only with the 60-ies his name was revived and the descendants to pay him a dolzhnoe.Mnogochislennye paintings for public museums had buy private collections, at auctions for fabulous dengi.Hudozhnik vmsete with his wife Maria was buried? near New York.