Joseph Whiting Stock
Joseph Whiting Stock | |
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| Born | January 30, 1815 |
| Died | 1855 (aged 39–40) Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painter |
Joseph Whiting Stock (January 30, 1815 – 1855) was an American painter known for his portraits, miniatures, and landscape paintings, many of which he did on commission.[1] He was born on January 30, 1815, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
When Stock was eleven years old, an oxcart fell on him and he was paraplegic for the rest of his life.[2] After this accident, he began to study painting under Franklin White, a pupil of the painter Chester Harding, on the advice of his physician, and was commissioned to do a series of anatomical drawings by Dr. James Swan in 1834.[3] That year, Dr. Swan constructed a wheelchair that enabled Stock to paint large canvasses and be lifted on trains so as to travel for commissions. For the next two decades, Stock accepted commissions for portraits around New England, working in Warren and Bristol, Rhode Island, New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Middletown, Goshen, and Port Jervis, New York. His studios were located in his hometown of Springfield throughout this time.
In 1855, Stock died of tuberculosis in Springfield. He was forty years old.[4]
Stock's paintings are sometimes confused with those of Clarissa Peters Russell, the miniaturist, as her style is similar to his but her work tends to be unsigned.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Collection: Joseph Whiting History". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ^ "Joseph Whiting Stock: John and Louisa Stock (66.242.19) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art". metmuseum.org. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- ^ National Gallery of Art: The Collection: Joseph Whiting Stock
- ^ Stock, Joseph Whiting, and Juliette Tomlinson. 1976. The Paintings and the Journal of Joseph Whiting Stock. Middletown, Conn: Wesleyan University Press.
- ^ Cincinnati Art Museum; Julie Aronson; Marjorie E. Wieseman (2006). Perfect Likeness: European and American Portrait Miniatures from the Cincinnati Art Museum. Yale University Press. pp. 278–. ISBN 0-300-11580-6.
External links
[edit]- Finding Aid for the Juliette Tomlinson Research Files on Joseph Whiting Stock The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives.
- National Gallery of Art collection
- Metropolitan Museum portrait
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