Timothy H. O'Sullivan

(American, 1840–1882)

Timothy H. O’Sullivan was an American photographer best known for his images of the American Civil War and landscapes of the West. The austerely sculptural images he captured of river canyons in Colorado are among his most acclaimed works. “His landscapes are as precisely and as economically composed as a good masonry wall,” John Szarkowski once wrote of his photographs. “It is as though every square inch of the precious glass plate, carried so far at so great an effort, had to be justified completely.” Born in c. 1840 in Ireland, he grew up in New York, beginning his photography career as an apprentice to Mathew Brady. In 1861, O’Sullivan accompanied Brady to photograph images of the Civil War, where he established himself through capturing the carnage at the Battle of Gettysburg. In the decades that followed, the artist traveled on geological surveys sponsored by the US government, where he carried around the materials he needed to develop photos in a wagon and in his bags. He later photographed Apache scouts, Zuni pueblos, and the ruins of the cliff-dwelling culture of Canyon de Chelly. O’Sullivan died on January 14, 1882 in Staten Island, NY. Today, his photographs are held in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, among others.

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Timothy H. O'Sullivan (210 results)
THE WHEELER SURVEY, 1871–1874

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

THE WHEELER SURVEY, 1871–1874

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

Auction Closed

CANON DE CHELLE, 1873

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

CANON DE CHELLE, 1873

Sale Date: April 22, 1994

Auction Closed

VIEW OF THE ST. PETERSBURG GAS WORKS, 1865

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

VIEW OF THE ST. PETERSBURG GAS WORKS, 1865

Sale Date: November 21, 1993

Auction Closed

CANON OF THE COLORADO RIVER, NEAR MOUTH OF..., 1873

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

CANON OF THE COLORADO RIVER, NEAR MOUTH OF..., 1873

Sale Date: October 7, 1993

Auction Closed

BLUFF OPPOSITE BIG HORN CAMP, BLACK CANON,..., 1871

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

BLUFF OPPOSITE BIG HORN CAMP, BLACK CANON,..., 1871

Sale Date: October 7, 1993

Auction Closed

ALPINE LAKE, CERRO BLANCO MOUNTAINS, 1874

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

ALPINE LAKE, CERRO BLANCO MOUNTAINS, 1874

Sale Date: October 6, 1993

Auction Closed

APACHE LAKE, SIERRA BLANCA RANGE, ARIZONA, 1874

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

APACHE LAKE, SIERRA BLANCA RANGE, ARIZONA, 1874

Sale Date: April 7, 1993

Auction Closed

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY, SOUTH RUBY VALLEY, , 1868

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY, SOUTH RUBY VALLEY, , 1868

Sale Date: April 7, 1993

Auction Closed

ABORIGINAL LIFE AMONG THE NAVAJOE INDIANS, 1873

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

ABORIGINAL LIFE AMONG THE NAVAJOE INDIANS, 1873

Sale Date: October 15, 1992

Auction Closed

VIEW ON APACHE LAKE, SIERRA BLANCA RANGE,..., 1873

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

VIEW ON APACHE LAKE, SIERRA BLANCA RANGE,..., 1873

Sale Date: October 15, 1992

Auction Closed

FIELD WHERE GENERAL REYNOLDS FELL,..., 1863–1863

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

FIELD WHERE GENERAL REYNOLDS FELL,..., 1863–1863

Sale Date: October 15, 1992

Auction Closed

SECTION OF SOUTH SIDE OF ZUNI PUEBLO, N.M., 1873

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

SECTION OF SOUTH SIDE OF ZUNI PUEBLO, N.M., 1873

Sale Date: October 15, 1992

Auction Closed

INDIAN PUEBLO, ZUNI, N.M.: VIEW FROM THE SOUTH, 1873

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

INDIAN PUEBLO, ZUNI, N.M.: VIEW FROM THE SOUTH, 1873

Sale Date: October 15, 1992

Auction Closed

BLACK CANON, COLORADO RIVER, LOOKING ABOVE..., 1871

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

BLACK CANON, COLORADO RIVER, LOOKING ABOVE..., 1871

Sale Date: October 15, 1992

Auction Closed

Culpepper, 1863–1863

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Culpepper, 1863–1863

Sale Date: October 14, 1992

Auction Closed

Entrance to Black Canyon, Colorado River...; , 1871

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Entrance to Black Canyon, Colorado River...; , 1871

Sale Date: October 13, 1992

Auction Closed

GROUP OF PAH-UTE INDIANS, NEVADA, 1871

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

GROUP OF PAH-UTE INDIANS, NEVADA, 1871

Sale Date: April 15, 1992

Auction Closed

VIEW NEAR HEAD OF CONEJOS RIVER, COL.; , 1874

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

VIEW NEAR HEAD OF CONEJOS RIVER, COL.; , 1874

Sale Date: April 13, 1992

Auction Closed

SELECTED WHEELER SURVEY IMAGES(2), 1873–1874

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

SELECTED WHEELER SURVEY IMAGES(2), 1873–1874

Sale Date: October 9, 1991

Auction Closed

CAPTAIN HARRY PAGE AND HIS HORSE, 1863

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

CAPTAIN HARRY PAGE AND HIS HORSE, 1863

Sale Date: October 8, 1991

Auction Closed

INTERIOR VIEW OF BREASTWORKS ON ROUND TOP,..., 1863

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

INTERIOR VIEW OF BREASTWORKS ON ROUND TOP,..., 1863

Sale Date: October 8, 1991

Auction Closed

GROUP OF 41 STEREOGRAPHS OF THE AMERICAN WEST, 1871

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

GROUP OF 41 STEREOGRAPHS OF THE AMERICAN WEST, 1871

Sale Date: October 8, 1991

Auction Closed

GRAND CANON, COLORADO RIVER, NEAR PARIA CREEK, 1872

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

GRAND CANON, COLORADO RIVER, NEAR PARIA CREEK, 1872

Sale Date: April 17, 1991

Auction Closed

DARIEN EXPEDITION., 1870

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

DARIEN EXPEDITION., 1870

Sale Date: April 17, 1991

Auction Closed

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