Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (LC-USZ62-112185).
- Name
- William James Stillman
- Also Known as
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William J. StillmanW. J. Stillman
- Born
- Schenectady, New York
- Died
- Surrey, England
- Active in
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- Rome, Italy
- New York, New York
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Nationalities
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American
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
Luce Artist Biography
William James Stillman was a painter, journalist, art critic, and photographer. He spent most of his life traveling between Europe and America, painting and working as a correspondent for London and New York newspapers. In 1855 he founded The Crayon in New York, America's first successful journal devoted to the arts. Stillman learned photography in the 1860s and carried a camera on many of his travels, enjoying its ability to capture images that he found difficult to paint. (Ehrenkranz, Poetic Localities, 1988)
