biography of Arthur B. PARTON (1842-1914)

Birth place: Hudson, NY

Addresses: Yonkers, NY

Profession: Landscape painter

Studied: W.T. Richards in Phila.; PAFA

Exhibited: NAD, 1862-1914, 1896 (prize); Corcoran Gal., 1907-08, 1910; Brooklyn AA, 1866-85; Phila. Centennial Expo, 1876; Boston AC, 1882-1909; NYC, 1886 (gold); PAFA Ann., 1889 (Temple gold medal), 1891, 1896-97, 1905; Paris Expo, 1889; St. Louis Expo, 1904 (medal); AIC

Member: ANA, 1871; NA,1884; AWCS; Artists Fund Soc.

Work: Brooklyn Inst. Mus.; Indianapolis AA; MMA

Comments: Best known for his landscapes of the Adirondack and Catskill mountains, Parton was a well-known figure in the New York art world who exhibited annually at the National Academy for more than half a century. From 1874-93, he kept his studio at the Tenth Street Studio (51 West 10th St.). He had visited Europe in 1869, and was influenced by the Barbizon style, but his work still retained a closer affinity to the second generation of Hudson River School painters. In 1872, his view on the Shenandoah River, VA, was published in Bryant's Picturesque America. He was one of the Parton brothers (see entries for Ernest and Henry).

Sources: WW13; Wright, Artists in Virgina Before 1900; exh. cat. Columbia Cnty Hist. Soc. (Kinderhook, NY, 1998); Falk, Exh. Record Series.