Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Kinloch Stuart (1775-1826)
Asher B. Durand (1796-1886)
Oil on canvas, 1840
Gift of the Partnership for New York City, Inc.
NYSM 2003.41.15
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Stuart arrived in New York City in 1805 already burdened with debt. His wife's candy recipe apparently saved the day. To make ends meet, the Stuarts began selling candy and preserves from their house in lower Manhattan. When he died in 1826' the Stuarts' sons Alexander and Robert were able to develop the now-prospering business into R. L. and A. Stuart's Steam Sugar Refinery, whose large factory stood at Chambers, Greenwich, and Reade streets.
Asher Brown Durand began his career as a talented engraver. By the 1830s his interest had shifted to oil painting - portraiture as well as landscapes - and by mid-century he was heir-apparent to Thomas Cole as leader of the Hudson River School of painting, on which much of his fame rests. Durand was one of the founders of the National Academy of Design.
Asher B. Durand (1796-1886)
Oil on canvas, 1840
Gift of the Partnership for New York City, Inc.
NYSM 2003.41.15
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Stuart arrived in New York City in 1805 already burdened with debt. His wife's candy recipe apparently saved the day. To make ends meet, the Stuarts began selling candy and preserves from their house in lower Manhattan. When he died in 1826' the Stuarts' sons Alexander and Robert were able to develop the now-prospering business into R. L. and A. Stuart's Steam Sugar Refinery, whose large factory stood at Chambers, Greenwich, and Reade streets.
Asher Brown Durand began his career as a talented engraver. By the 1830s his interest had shifted to oil painting - portraiture as well as landscapes - and by mid-century he was heir-apparent to Thomas Cole as leader of the Hudson River School of painting, on which much of his fame rests. Durand was one of the founders of the National Academy of Design.
Labels: The New York Chamber of Commerce Portrait Collection - Kinloch Stuart
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