Artist
William James Stillman
born Schenectady, NY 1828-died Surrey, England 1901
- Also known as
- William J. Stillman
- W. J. Stillman
- Born
- Schenectady, New York, United States
- Died
- Surrey, England
- Active in
- Rome, Italy
- New York, New York, United States
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- 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)
Exhibitions
May 14, 2021–July 11, 2021
The groundbreaking exhibition Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture reveals how the influential naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) shaped American perceptions of nature and the way American