JOHN WILLIAM HILL (American, 1812-1879). Landscape with Mountains, 18[?]8. Oil on canvas. 5-3/4 x 10 inches (14.6 x 25.4...

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JOHN WILLIAM HILL (American, 1812-1879)
Landscape with Mountains, 18[?]8
Oil on canvas
5-3/4 x 10 inches (14.6 x 25.4 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: J.W. Hill 18[?]8

THE JEAN AND GRAHAM DEVOE WILLIFORD CHARITABLE TRUST

John W. Hill was a British-born American artist who worked in oil, watercolor, gouache, lithography, and engraving. Hill's work focused primarily upon natural subjects including landscapes, still lifes, and ornithological and zoological motifs. In the 1850s, influenced by John Ruskin and a close association with American followers of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Hill turned his attention from technical illustration toward still life and landscape. In 1863, together with art critic Clarence Cook, geologist Clarence King, and architect Russell Sturgis, Hill helped to found the Society for the Advancement of Truth in Art. For the remainder of his life Hill concentrated upon landscape painting, mostly of the mountainous areas of New England and New York state. Hill's children included the astronomer George William Hill and the painter John Henry Hill.


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