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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Gathering wrack on the shore, 1883

William Trost Richards

Gathering wrack on the shore, 1883

Sale Date: June 13, 2010

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Gathering sea weed

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Gathering sea weed

Sale Date: May 21, 2010

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Crashing breakers, 1902

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Crashing breakers, 1902

Sale Date: May 21, 2010

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Rocky promontory, 1895

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Rocky promontory, 1895

Sale Date: May 19, 2010

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Seascape (+ Cornish Coast; 2 works), 1903

William Trost Richards

Seascape (+ Cornish Coast; 2 works), 1903

Sale Date: May 26, 2010

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Early spring, Germantown, 1875

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Early spring, Germantown, 1875

Sale Date: May 26, 2010

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Atlantic coast, 1898

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Atlantic coast, 1898

Sale Date: March 3, 2010

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Great egg harbor shoals, 1890

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Great egg harbor shoals, 1890

Sale Date: March 3, 2010

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Coastal view

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Coastal view

Sale Date: January 28, 2010

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Afternoon at Barrington, Massachusetts, 1898

William Trost Richards

Afternoon at Barrington, Massachusetts, 1898

Sale Date: April 26, 2009

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Conway Castle, Wales

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Conway Castle, Wales

Sale Date: June 10, 2009

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Cliffs overlooking breakers on the shore, 1900

William Trost Richards

Cliffs overlooking breakers on the shore, 1900

Sale Date: December 6, 2009

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British coastal view (Coast of Cornwall), 1880

William Trost Richards

British coastal view (Coast of Cornwall), 1880

Sale Date: November 12, 2009

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Seascape, 1901

William Trost Richards

Seascape, 1901

Sale Date: November 12, 2009

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The beach, morning, 1888

William Trost Richards

The beach, morning, 1888

Sale Date: November 11, 2009

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The Skelligs, coast of Ireland

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The Skelligs, coast of Ireland

Sale Date: December 2, 2009

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On the coast of New England, 1894

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On the coast of New England, 1894

Sale Date: December 2, 2009

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Untitled, 1891

William Trost Richards

Untitled, 1891

Sale Date: November 14, 2009

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Breaking waves, 1872

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Breaking waves, 1872

Sale Date: October 29, 2009

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Maine Coast

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Maine Coast

Sale Date: September 12, 2009

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Summer landscape

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Summer landscape

Sale Date: September 30, 2009

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Lighthouse at sea

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Lighthouse at sea

Sale Date: September 11, 2009

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Cornwall coast

William Trost Richards

Cornwall coast

Sale Date: September 11, 2009

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Summer clouds

William Trost Richards

Summer clouds

Sale Date: September 11, 2009

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