Artist

Joseph Wood

born Clarkstown, NY 1778-died Washington, DC 1830
Born
Clarkstown, New York, United States
Died
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Biography

Born about 1778 near Clarkstown, N.Y. In New York, about 1793–1813. Apprenticed to a silversmith, 1793. Became a miniature painter, 1801. Studied with Edward G. Malbone. Formed a partnership with John Wesley Jarvis, 1802–10. In Philadelphia, 1813–16. Lived in Washington, D.C., 1816–30. Did drawings of models for the Patent Office. Ran an art school. Painted portraits of many distinguished people. Died June 15, 1830, in Washington, D.C.

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)

Works by this artist (6 items)

Haying
Dateca. 1933-1943
charcoal and crayon on paper
Not on view
Strike
Dateca. 1933-1943
charcoal and crayon on paper
Not on view
Stockyards
Dateca. 1933-1943
charcoal, crayon and pencil on paper
Not on view
Soup Line
Dateca. 1933-1943
charcoal and crayon on paper
Not on view