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William Sidney Mount (American, 1807-1868)
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William Sidney Mount
The Blackberry Girls 1840
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Biography |
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Born on a farm in Setauket, Long Island in 1807 |
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Raised on a farm, and when his father died when Mount was age 7, lived with relatives and served an apprenticeship in his brother's sign painting shop in New York City. |
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Studied engraving and in 1826, was one of the first students of drawing at the National Academy. His primary subject was history painting. |
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Ill health caused him to return to Setauket where from 1830, he spent the remainder of his life doing genre paintings of his contemporaries. |
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Had a long-time studio at Stony Brook on Long Island |
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He died suddenly in 1868 |
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