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George Harvey

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George Harvey (1800 - 1878) was active/lived in New York, Massachusetts / England, Canada.  George Harvey is known for Landscape, miniature and floral still life painting.

Born in Tottenham, England, George Harvey is considered by many critics to be the earliest flower-specialist painter in America.  He was primarily a watercolorist, and did a number of large floral still life. He first visited the United States in 1820 and traveled in Ohio, Michigan and Canada before settling in New York City and then Boston. Many of the details of those travels are unknown.

In 1828, Harvey submitted two picturesque* English scene paintings and a floral still life to the National Academy of Design* for exhibition. He listed his address as Brooklyn and on the works described the English scenes as "made from a Sketch Taken in 1819;" and the still life as "A Vase of Flowers Copied from Nature." (Dearinger) He was almost immediately elected to the Academy for membership, which indicates that although he was a relative newcomer to New York City, he had already gained widespread respect as a painter.

By 1829, Harvey had moved to Boston, but he contribu   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 30182 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  51
Magazine References:  7

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7 Miscellaneous Magazine References for George Harvey
Magazine Article Date Author Color
The Magazine Antiques George Harvey's Anglo-American Atmospheric Landscapes October 2008 Olson, Roberta J. M. Yes
The Magazine Antiques Charles Dickens's First Visit to September 2003 Deak, Gloria Yes
American Art Review The Virginia Landscape August 2000 Kelly, James; W Rasmussen Yes
American Art Review Art in Florida: 1564-1945 February 2000 Mann, Maybelle Yes
American Art Review Two Centuries of American Drawing December 1997 Dreishpoon, Douglas Yes
American Art Review Art of the Erie Canal March 1996 Crawford, James Yes
The Magazine Antiques Newport of 19th Century April 1995 Burns, Charles J Yes
51 Book References for George Harvey
Year Author Title Pages Color
2012 Libby, Gary R. Reflections II: Watercolors of Florida 1835-2000 360 Yes
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 Vose, Marcia (editor) Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Circles of Influence, A Timeline 38 Yes
2000 Cuthbert, John A. Early Art and Artists in West Virginia 301 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Mann, Maybelle Art in Florida: 1564-1945 194 No
1995 Libby, Gary R (editor) Celebrating Florida Works of Art from the Vickers Collection 144 Yes
1993 Reed, Sue Welsh/Carol Troyen Awash in Color Homer, Sargent and the Great American Watercolor
(Exhibition catalog)		 266 Yes
1991 Garrett, Wendell (essay); Stuart Feld (Intro) Neo-Classicism in America: Inspiration and Innovation. 1810-1840
(Exhibition catalog)		 136 Yes
1991 Schwarz, Robert D. (Editor) American Watercolors and Pastels: Schwarz-Philadelphia
(Exhibition catalog)		 76 No
1991 Sullivan, Mark W The Hudson River School An Annotated Bibliography 225 No
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1988 Deak, Gloria-Gilda Picturing America /1497-1899 2 vols /Prints, Maps and Drawings 1160 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1986 Finch, Christopher American Watercolors 312 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1986 Zellman, Michael David 300 Years of American Art (two volumes) 1102 Yes
1985 Pisano, Ronald G Long Island Landscape Painting 1820-1920 (Volume 1) 167 Yes
1984 Anderson, Patricia The Course of Empire: The Erie Canal and the New York Landscape, 1825-1875
(Exhibition catalog)		 90 Yes
1984 Faunce, Sarah; Linda S. Ferber (Curators) American Watercolors, Pastels, Collages The Brooklyn Museum 88 Yes
1983 Davidson, Marshall The Drawing of America Eyewitnesses to History 256 Yes
1983 Wright, R Lewis Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist 200 No
1982 Koke, Richard J American Landscape/Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society (3 vols) 1243 No
1981 Gerdts, William H Painters of the Humble Truth American Still Life 1801-1939 292 Yes
1981 Rugoff, Milton The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art 669 Yes
1980 Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874
(Exhibition catalog)		 325 Yes
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics) 736 No
1978 Williams, Herman Warner Jr Mirror to the American Past A Survey of American Genre Painting 1750-1900 248 Yes
1977 Hoopes, Donelson F American Watercolor Painting 208 Yes
1977 Rhode Island School of Design American Painting from the Museum's Collection c1800-1930 241 No
1976 Brindle, John V/Sally Secrest American Cornucopia 19th Century Still Lifes and Studies
(Exhibition catalog)		 48 Yes
1976 Stebbins, Theodore E American Master Drawings and Watercolors A History of Works on Paper 464 Yes
1973 Naylor, Maria Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
(Exhibition catalog)		 1075 No
1972 Gussow, Alan Sense of Place: The Artist and the American Land (Volumes I and II) 160 Yes
1971 Gerdts, William; Russell Burke American Still Life Painting 264 Yes
1971 Vigtel, Gudmund/D Hoopes The Beckoning Land A Selection of Nineteenth Century Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 94 Yes
1969 Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed) American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes) 600 Yes
1968 Genesco, S U College, New York Hudson River School
(Exhibition catalog)		 200 No
1968 Wilmerding, John American Marine Painting (2nd Edition) 204 Yes
1968 Wilmerding, John History of American Marine Painting 179 Yes
1968 Wunderlich, Rudolf (Introduction), American Drawings, Pastels and Watercolors, Part Two The Nineteenth Century:1825-1890, Kennedy Galleries
(Exhibition catalog)		 76 No
1966 Gardner, Albert Ten Eyck History of Water Color in America 160 Yes
1958 Jones, Agnes Halsey Rediscovered Painters of Upstste New York/1700-1875 80 No
1957 Groce, George; David Wallace The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860 759 No
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1950 Barker, Virgil American Painting History and Interpretation 715 No
1950 U S National Capital S C American Processional 1492-1900 (Sesquicentenial Commission)
(Exhibition catalog)		 270 No
1948 Born, Wolfgang American Landscape Painting An Interpretation 228 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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