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Daniel Huntington
Daniel Huntington

Daniel Huntington

American, 1816-1906
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Daniel Huntington was an American artist who belonged to the art movement known as the Hudson River School and later became a prominent portrait painter.

Huntington was born in New York City, New York on October 4, 1816. He was the son of Benjamin Huntington, Jr. and Faith (née Trumbull) Huntington. His paternal grandfather was Benjamin Huntington, delegate at the Second Continental Congress and first U.S. Representative from Connecticut. His maternal grandfather was Jedediah Huntington (1743–1818) of Norwich, Connecticut, who served as a General in the American Revolutionary War.

He studied at Yale with Samuel F.B. Morse, and later with Henry Inman. From 1833 to 1835 he transferred to Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, where he met Charles Loring Elliott, who encouraged him to become an artist.

Huntington first exhibited his work at the National Academy of Design in 1836. Subsequently, he painted some landscapes in the tradition of the Hudson River School. Huntington made several trips to Europe, the first in 1839 traveling to England, Rome, Florence and Paris with his friend and pupil Henry Peters Gray. On his return to America in 1840, he painted his allegorical painting "Mercy's Dream", which brought him fame and confirmed his interest in inspirational subjects. He also painted portraits and began the illustration of The Pilgrim's Progress. In 1844, he went back to Rome.

Returning to New York around 1846, he devoted his time chiefly to portrait-painting, although he painted many genre, religious and historical subjects. From 1851 to 1859 he was in England. He was president of the National Academy of Design from 1862 to 1870, and again in 1877–1890. He was also vice president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Huntington was married to Harriet Sophia Richards (1821–1893), a daughter of Charles H. Richards and Sarah (née Hayward) Richards. Together, they were the parents of Charles Richards Huntington (1847–1915), a merchant.
Huntington died in New York City on April 19, 1906. He was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

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Study in a Wood

Study in a Wood (1861)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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John Cleve Green (1800-1875)

John Cleve Green (1800-1875) (1870)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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William Cullen Bryant

William Cullen Bryant (c. 1865)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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The Cromwellian

The Cromwellian (1860)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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William Henry Aspinwall

William Henry Aspinwall (1871)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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Washington Irving

Washington Irving (c. 1840)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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The Fair Student

The Fair Student (1858)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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Samuel Francis Du Pont

Samuel Francis Du Pont (1867-1868)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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Joseph Henry

Joseph Henry (1857)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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Gulian Crommelin Verplanck

Gulian Crommelin Verplanck (1857)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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Carl Schurz

Carl Schurz (1899)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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Philosophy and Christian Art

Philosophy and Christian Art (1868)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
Mythology
Portrait Of Cornelius Vanderbilt II

Portrait Of Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1896)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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Italy

Italy (1843)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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Mary Inman

Mary Inman (1844)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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John Taylor Johnston

John Taylor Johnston (1875)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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Anna Watson Stuart

Anna Watson Stuart (ca. 1862)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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Mercy’s Dream

Mercy’s Dream (1858)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
Religion
Justice and Peace

Justice and Peace (between ca. 1886 and 1891)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
Mythology
Profile of a Woman with a Braided Knot

Profile of a Woman with a Braided Knot (ca. 1845)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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A Swiss Lake

A Swiss Lake (1849)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
Landscape
The Field Family in a Garden

The Field Family in a Garden (1869)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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Benjamin Hazard Field

Benjamin Hazard Field (1887)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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Dr. John W. Francis

Dr. John W. Francis (1857)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes

Rutherford Birchard Hayes

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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Chester Alan Arthur

Chester Alan Arthur

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
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Point on Traps. July 30. 72, from a sketchbook

Point on Traps. July 30. 72, from a sketchbook (1872)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
Drawings
Recruit; Two Studies of Heads

Recruit; Two Studies of Heads (c. 1862)

Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906)
Drawings

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