William Trost Richards

(American, 1833–1905)

William Trost Richards was an American landscape painter known for his precise depictions of forests, coasts, and mountains. Affiliated with both the Hudson River School painters like Frederic Edwin Church and Pre-Raphaelite painters such as John Everett Millais, Richard merged aesthetic qualities from both movements. Late in his career, Richards painted almost exclusively scenes of the New England and New Jersey coasts, as seen in one of his most famous works Along the Shore (1905). Born on June 3, 1833 in Philadelphia, PA, Richards studied at the Pennsylvania Academy, later becoming a member of the Association of the Advancement of Truth in Art, an American-based Pre-Raphaelite group. His first group exhibition was organized by the artist Albert Bierstadt in 1858 in New Bedford, MA. Richards died on November 8, 1905, in Newport, RI. The artist’s works are in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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Drawings and Works on Paper, Hudson River School and Early American Art

Related Artists

Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Edwin Church, John Everett Millais, Edgar Alwin Payne, William Louis Sonntag

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Isle of Saik

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Isle of Saik

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Coast of Cornwall, England, 1869

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Coast of Cornwall, England, 1869

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The rocky shoreline, 1897

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The rocky shoreline, 1897

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The tempest, 1868

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The tempest, 1868

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Cape Ann, 1885

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Cape Ann, 1885

Sale Date: March 1, 2012

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A Cornish fishing village, 1880

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A Cornish fishing village, 1880

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On the inlet, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1873

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On the inlet, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1873

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Brigantine shoals

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Brigantine shoals

Sale Date: March 1, 2012

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Stormy coast

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Stormy coast

Sale Date: April 1, 2007

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St. John's Head, Hoy, Orknay Island, Scotland, 1873

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St. John's Head, Hoy, Orknay Island, Scotland, 1873

Sale Date: January 17, 2012

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Mountain lake village, 1898

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Mountain lake village, 1898

Sale Date: December 10, 2011

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New Jersey farm scene

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New Jersey farm scene

Sale Date: December 4, 2011

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Spring side (sic) at Malin - Ireland

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Spring side (sic) at Malin - Ireland

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Sailing vessels on the shore, 1870

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Sailing vessels on the shore, 1870

Sale Date: November 16, 2011

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Off the coast of Cornwall, 1904

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Off the coast of Cornwall, 1904

Sale Date: November 30, 2011

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Moonrise, 1880

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Moonrise, 1880

Sale Date: November 17, 2011

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Sunset on Revere Beach, 1870

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Sunset on Revere Beach, 1870

Sale Date: November 17, 2011

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New Jersey coast

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New Jersey coast

Sale Date: November 29, 2011

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Crashing waves

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Crashing waves

Sale Date: November 29, 2011

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Cornish coastline

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Cornish coastline

Sale Date: November 29, 2011

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Rocky coast, 1887

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Rocky coast, 1887

Sale Date: November 6, 2011

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The old orchard, Newport, 1874

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The old orchard, Newport, 1874

Sale Date: October 15, 2011

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Summer landscape, 1859

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Summer landscape, 1859

Sale Date: September 28, 2011

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A summer afternoon, Newport, Rhode Island, 1891

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A summer afternoon, Newport, Rhode Island, 1891

Sale Date: September 24, 2011

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