Thomas Hovenden
Thomas Hovenden ( born December 28, 1840 in Dunmany, County Cork, Ireland; † August 14, 1895 in Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ) was an American painter of Irish origin.
Life
Hovenden lost in 1846 during the Great Famine in Ireland, his parents. He came to the orphanage and learned there the profession of the carver and gilder. For a short time he visited the Government Art School of Cork.
1863 emigrated to the United States and Hovenden visited in New York, the National Academy of Design ( NAD). In 1874, he took advantage of an opportunity to return to Europe. He settled in Paris, and was soon at the École des Beaux -Arts (EBA), a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel. Some stayed Hovenden in Pont-Aven (→ School of Pont -Aven ), where he, among other things made the acquaintance of Robert Wylie. Through this he learned a little later, the artist Helen Corson know.
1880 came along with Helen Corson Hovenden in the United States and married them in the following year in their home town of Plymouth Meeting. The family of his wife was a vehement opponent of slavery and their farm was a station of the Underground Railroad. The barn in which Hovenden later a studio einrichtete was called " Abolition Hall " and was used as a meeting point for opponents of slavery.
In the winter of 1881/82, he settled in New York, as they had entrusted him with a teaching position at the NAD. Later he went to Philadelphia where he taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 1893 took part Hovenden with great success at the World's Columbian Exposition ( World's Fair ) in Chicago.
Thomas Hovenden died on August 14, 1895 in Plymouth Meeting and found his final resting place.
Works (selection)
- News from the conscript. In 1877.
- In hoc signo vinces. In 1880.
- The last moments of John Brown. 1882/84.
- Breaking Home Ties. In 1890.
- Jerusalem, the Golden. In 1894.
Student
- Alexander Stirling Calder (1870-1945)
- Robert Henri (1865-1929)