The Power of Music is a painting by William Sidney Mount which was uploaded on December 4th, 2015.
Title
The Power of Music
Artist
William Sidney Mount
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The Power of Music by WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT
William Sidney Mount (November 26, 1807- November 19, 1868) was an American painter best known for his genre paintings, although he also painted landscapes and portraits. He was a contemporary of the Hudson River School.
illiam Mount was born in Setauket, Long Island, New York, on November 26, 1807 to Thomas Shepard Mount and his wife, Julia Ann Hawkins. He trained at the National Academy of Design in New York, New York, and in 1832 was made a full Academician. He died in Setauket, Long Island, on November 19, 1868.
Although he started as a history painter, Mount moved to depicting scenes from everyday life. Two of his more famous paintings are Eel Spearing at Setauket (1845, New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown) and Bargaining for a Horse (1835, New-York Historical Society, New York City).[citation needed]
The largest collection of his works is located in the Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages
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