Woodville, Richard Caton, 1825-1855

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Name (Latin)
Woodville, Richard Caton, 1825-1855
Other forms of name
Woodville, Richard Caton, Sr., 1825-1855
Date of birth
1825-04-30
Date of death
1855-08-13
Place of birth
Baltimore (Md.)
Place of death
London (England)
Associated country
Germany
United States
Occupation
Artists
Painters
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 2741686
Wikidata: Q1390942
Library of congress: nr 91024134
HAI10: 000302109
Sources of Information
  • 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)
  • 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)