Artist

James Alexander Simpson

born Georgetown, DC 1805-died Baltimore, MD 1880

Also known as: James A. Simpson
Born: Georgetown, District of Columbia, United States
Died: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Biography: Born 1805 in Georgetown, D.C. During the years 1830–65, served as a part-time teacher of drawing and painting at Georgetown College. Married Julia Franzoni, daughter of the sculptor Carlo Franzoni (or of Giuseppe Franzoni); later married Sarah T. Gibson, widow of the artist Richard R. Gibson. Exhibited at the Washington Metropolitan Mechanics Institute, 1853. Moved to Baltimore, 1865. Died May 1, 1880, in Baltimore, Md.
Andrew J. Cosentino and Henry H. Glassie The Capital Image: Painters in Washington, 1800–1915 (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Museum of American Art, 1983)
: Luce Artist Biography
James Alexander Simpson was a part-time teacher of painting and drawing at Washington’s Georgetown College from 1830 until 1865. He had a successful career as a portraitist, capturing the likeness of many illustrious sitters, including Commander Stephen Decatur, celebrated American naval officer of the War of 1812 (Falk, ed., Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975, 1999).

Works by this artist (1 item)

J. E. Evans, W. W. Robbins, Weather Vane/Model of a Cadillac V-16 Sport Phaeton, 1931, molded copper, bronze and glass, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the folk art collection of David L. Davies, 1992.2.1

Weather Vane/Model of a Cadillac V‑16 Sport Phaeton

Artist

Date1931

molded copper, bronze and glass