Levi Wells Prentice (1851 - 1935)
1851-12-18Harrisburg, USA1935-11-28Philadelphia, USAUSA
Levi Wells Prentice
Levi Wells Prentice was an American still life and landscape painter. Prentice was associated with the Hudson River School.
Self-taught artist Levi Wells Prentice is best known for his realistic still life compositions of fruit arranged within a landscape, or abundantly spilling from bushel baskets. Early in his career, he painted portraits and landscapes of the Adirondack Mountain region of Lewis County, New York, his birthplace.
Date and place of birt: | 18 december 1851, Harrisburg, USA |
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Date and place of death: | 28 november 1935, Philadelphia, USA |
Nationality: | USA |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist |
Art school / group: | Hudson River School |
Genre: | Mountain landscape, Landscape painting, Portrait, Still life |
Art style: | Realism |
Technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas |