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Jasper Francis Cropsey - Warwick Castle,England

Warwick Castle,England (1857)

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 - 1900)
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The Artist died in 1900 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer. It is in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before Jan 1, 1926
Jasper Francis Cropsey

Jasper Francis Cropsey was an important American landscape artist of the Hudson River School.

Cropsey was born on his father Jacob Rezeau Cropsey's farm in Rossville on Staten Island, New York, the oldest of eight children. As a young boy, Cropsey had recurring periods of poor health. While absent from school, Cropsey taught himself to draw. His early drawings included architectural sketches and landscapes drawn on notepads and in the margins of his schoolbooks.

Trained as an architect, he set up his own office in 1843. Cropsey studied watercolor and life drawing at the National Academy of Design under the instruction of Edward Maury and first exhibited there in 1844. A year later he was elected an associate member and turned exclusively to landscape painting; shortly after he was featured in an exhibition entitled "Italian Compositions".

Cropsy traveled in Europe from 1847–1849, visiting England, France, Switzerland, and Italy. He was elected a full member of the Academy in 1851. Cropsey was a personal friend of Henry Tappan, the president of the University of Michigan from 1852 to 1863. At Tappan's invitation, he traveled to Ann Arbor in 1855 and produced two paintings, one of the Detroit Observatory, and a landscape of the campus. He went abroad again in 1856, and resided seven years in London, sending his pictures to the Royal Academy and to the International exhibition of 1862.

Returning home, he opened a studio in New York and specialized in autumnal landscape paintings of the northeastern United States, often idealized and with vivid colors. Cropsey co-founded, with ten fellow artists, the American Society of Painters in Water Colors in 1866.

Cropsey's interest in architecture continued throughout his life and was a strong influence in his painting, most evident in his precise arrangement and outline of forms. But Cropsey was best known for his lavish use of color and, as a first-generation member from the Hudson River School, painted autumn landscapes that startled viewers with their boldness and brilliance. As an artist, he believed landscapes were the highest art form and that nature was a direct manifestation of God. He also felt a patriotic affiliation with nature and saw his paintings as depicting the rugged and unspoiled qualities of America.

More Artworks by Jasper Francis Cropsey (View all 82 Artworks)

Untitled

Untitled (1880)

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 - 1900)
Wyoming Valley (Probably, Landscape with Sheep)

Wyoming Valley (Probably, Landscape with Sheep)

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 - 1900)
Gray Day on the Esopus

Gray Day on the Esopus (1882)

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 - 1900)
The Spirit of War

The Spirit of War (1851)

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 - 1900)
Untitled

Untitled (1876)

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 - 1900)
Indian Summer

Indian Summer (1866)

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 - 1900)
Autumn on the Lake

Autumn on the Lake (1892)

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 - 1900)
The Valley of Wyoming

The Valley of Wyoming (1865)

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 - 1900)
Lulworth Castle

Lulworth Castle (1859)

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 - 1900)
Greenwood Lake, Autumn on the Hudson

Greenwood Lake, Autumn on the Hudson (1875)

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 - 1900)
October

October (1887)

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 - 1900)
Trees and a Stream on a Hillside

Trees and a Stream on a Hillside (1853)

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 - 1900)
The Coast of Genoa

The Coast of Genoa

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 - 1900)
Pompton Plains, New Jersey

Pompton Plains, New Jersey (1867)

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 - 1900)
Untitled

Untitled (1877)

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 - 1900)
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