Tompkins Harrison Matteson was an American painter born in
Peterboro, New York
Peterboro, located approximately southeast of Syracuse, New York, is a historic Hamlet (New York), hamlet and currently the administrative center for the Smithfield, New York, Town of Smithfield, Madison County, New York, Madison County, New Y ...
, in 1813. Matteson studied at the
National Academy of Design
The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Frederick Styles Agate, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, an ...
and was inspired by the works of
William Sidney Mount
William Sidney Mount (November 26, 1807 – November 19, 1868) was a 19th-century American genre painter. Born in Setauket, New York in 1807, Mount spent much of his life in his hometown and the adjacent village of Stony Brook, New York, Stony Br ...
. Matteson's paintings are known for their historical, patriotic, and religious themes. One of his most famous paintings is ''Justice's Court in the Back Woods''.
Tompkins ran a studio in New York City from 1841 to 1850. He died in
Sherburne, New York, in 1884.
Gallery of works
Matteson Scarlet Letter.jpg,
Matteson Trial of George Jacobs.jpg,
Examination of a Witch - Tompkins Matteson.jpg,
The Making of Ammunition Tompkins Harrison Matteson 1855.jpeg,
First continental Congress at Prayer.jpg,
The Meeting of Hetty and Hist LACMA M.2003.66.jpg,
Further reading
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Tuckerman, Henry T. ''Book of the Artists: American Artist Life''. New York: G. P. Putnam and Sons, 1867.
References
1813 births
1884 deaths
19th-century American painters
American male painters
Artists from New York (state)
People from Peterboro, New York
National Academy of Design alumni
19th-century American male artists
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