Benjamin F. Nutting Explained

Benjamin Franklin Nutting (– 1887) was an artist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. He taught drawing in local schools, published do-it-yourself drawing instruction materials, and showed his artwork in several exhibitions.

Biography

Nutting graduated from the Boston Latin School in 1816.[1] He began working as an artist in Boston around 1826, painting portraits, and also drawing "on stone for lithographers"[2] such as Pendleton's Lithography (ca.1828-1833);[3] [4] Annin & Smith; and B.W. Thayer & Co.[5]

He taught drawing at the Chauncy-Hall School;[6] and the Roxbury Latin School (c. 1876).[7] As a teacher and artist, he was associated with the Boston Artists' Association. He also worked as "an artist, drawing teacher and lithographer" for Francis Oakley in Boston, probably in the 1850s-1860s.[8] In 1880, he taught drawing/painting on West Street.[9]

Nutting showed frequently in art exhibitions. His work appeared at Boston's American Gallery of Fine Arts (1835); and the Boston Art Association (1844)[10] Several of his paintings were displayed in 1851–1852 in the gallery of the New England Art Union.[11] He exhibited 2 oil paintings in the 1847 exhibit of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association; and his watercolor "A New England Farm" was included in the association's 1884 exhibit.[12] [13] His watercolor "Apple Branch and Jug" was included in the 1880 exhibition of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.;[14] and his watercolor "A New England Kitchen" was exhibited in the Lydian Gallery, Chicago, in 1880.[15] He also showed works at the Boston Art Club (1873, 1875–1876).

Further reading

Works by Nutting
Works about Nutting

External links

Notes and References

  1. Henry Fitch Jenks. Catalogue of the Boston Public Latin School, established in 1635: with an historical sketch. Boston Latin School Association, 1886; p.155.
  2. William Dunlap. A history of the rise and progress of the arts of design in the United States, new ed., v.3. Boston: C.E. Goodspeed & co., 1918; p.321.
  3. Leah Lipton. The Boston Artists' Association, 1841-1851. American Art Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Autumn, 1983), pp. 45-57.
  4. G.B. Barnhill. "Lithography and prints." Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century. Gale, 2000.
  5. Boston Athenaeum.
  6. Thomas Cushing. Teachers and schools—sixty years ago: school life in Dorchester and Boston. American journal of education, v.32, 1882; p.190.
  7. Boston almanac and business directory. 1877.
  8. Peter C. Marzio. Lithography as a Democratic Art: A Reappraisal. Leonardo, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Winter, 1971); p.45.
  9. Boston Almanac and Business Directory, 1880.
  10. Web site: Smithsonian Institution.
  11. Catalogue of Paintings Now on Free Exhibition at Our Gallery: Prices including Frames. Bulletin of the New England Art Union, No. 1 (1852), pp. 10-11.
  12. 5th exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, 1847. Boston: 1848; p.26.
  13. 15th exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. Boston: Mudge & Son, 1884; p.58.
  14. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Exhibition of works by living American artists, Nov. 9 to Dec. 20, 1880. Boston: Alfred Mudge and son, 1880; p.23.
  15. Art and Artists: Wayside Notes of Wanderings through Studio And Gallery. Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago); 10-20-1881; p.6.
  16. Massachusetts teacher, Volume 23, no.6, June 1870; p.226.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Benjamin F. Nutting".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.