Thomas Birch (1779 - 1851)
1779London, United Kingdom1851-01-03Philadelphia, USAUnited Kingdom, USA
Thomas Birch
Thomas Birch was an English-born American portrait and marine painter.
He exhibited regularly at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for forty years, beginning in 1811, and managed the museum, 1812-1817. His work is collected at PAFA, the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the U.S. Naval Academy, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, among others. In 1833, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary member.
Date and place of birt: | 1779, London, United Kingdom |
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Date and place of death: | 3 january 1851, Philadelphia, USA |
Nationality: | United Kingdom, USA |
Period of activity: | XVIII, XIX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Landscape painter, Marine painter, Painter |
Genre: | Landscape painting, Marine art |
Art style: | Romanticism, Naturalism |