Albert Fitch Bellows (1829-1883)
American Romantic landscape painter & etcher ;
A.F. Bellows ; A. F. Bellows ; Albert F. Bellows ; Albert Bellows ;
[Born November 29, 1829 in Milford, MA – died November 24, 1883 in Auburndale, MA]
FAD record control number: 35971 ;
Record level: Person ;
Record type: Artist ;
Albert Fitch Bellows (1829-1883) biography:
Birth: November 29, 1829 in Milford, MA ;
Death: November 24, 1883 in Auburndale, MA ;
Sex: Male ;
Ethnicity: White ;
Zodiac: Sagittarius ;
Known for: Romantic landscapes ; genre scenes ;
Medium: oil ; watercolor ;
Technique: painting ; etching ;
Subjects: landscapes ;
Areas: Milford, MA (1829-1845) ; Paris, France (1856-1858) ; Antwerp, Belgium (1856-1858) ; Boston, MA (1845-1856, 1868-1872) ; New York, NY (1861, 1863-1866) ; Montreal, Canada (1862) ; Ithaca, NY (1871) ; Sunbury, MA ;
Region: North East ;
Lived: Sherwood Studio Building, 57th Street, New York, NY ; 806 Broadway, New York, NY (1861) ; 772 Broadway, New York, NY (1863) ; 6 Astor Place, New York, NY (1864-1868); 161 Tremont Street, Boston, MA (1872) ; 64 Boylston Street, Boston, MA (1874-1875) ; 337 Fourth Avenue, New York, NY (1878-1883) ; YMCA Building, New York, NY (1876-1877) ; Ithaca, NY (1871) ;
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Spouse: Candace J (Brown) Bellows (1831-1900), wife ;
Children: Howard P Bellows (1852-1934), son ;
Training: Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium (1856-1858) ;
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Work: Apprenticed to a lithographer, Boston, MA, 1845 ;Worked for an architectural firm, Boston, MA, 1845 ; Partnered in an architectural firm, Boston, MA, ca.1846-1849 ; American Art Review, New York, NY, etchings ;
Taught: New England School of Design, Boston, MA (1850-1856) ; Cooper Union, New York, NY ;
Students:
Member: National Academy of Design, New York, NY, associate, 1859, academcian, 1861 ; Royal Belgian Society of Painters in Water Color, Antwerp, Belgium, honorary member, 1859 ; American Water Color Society, New York, NY ; The American Society of Painters in Water Color, New York, NY, 1866 ; Painter Etcher’s Society of England, London, England ; New York Etching Club, New York, NY ;
Exhibited with: National Academy of Design, New York, NY ; Royal Belgian Society of Painters in Water Color, Antwerp, Belgium ; American Water Color Society, New York, NY ; The American Society of Painters in Water Color, New York, NY ; Painter Etcher’s Society of England, London, England ; Boston Athenaeum, Boston, MA ; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL ; Brooklyn Art Association, Brooklyn, NY ; Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (1876) ; Paris Universal Exposition, Paris, France (1878) ;
Awards:
Milestones: Pioneer of watercolor ; Pioneer of using large etching plates ; Much of the artist’s early work was destroyed in the Great Fire of Boston, 1872 ; Wrote book on watercolor Water Color Painting: Some Facts and Authorities in Relation to its Durability (1868) ;
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Digital-born document number:
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Record birth date:
July 19, 2018
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