Huntingdon Art Collection v2.0

First created 14 Mar 2012. Version 1.0 - 15 May 2016. Jerry Tse. London.

The Huntington

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Los Angeles, USA

The Library

The Gallery

The Huntington is more than just a library of antique books, but also a gallery of European and American paintings . It has a number of botanical gardens as well.

European

Rogier van der Weyden (1339 or 1400 – 1464) was an Early Netherlandish painter. He was highly successful and internationally famous in his lifetime.

Weyden

Rembrandt portrait

Van Dyck portrait

Although Van Dyke was Flemish Baroque portraitist, he worked mainly as a court painter in England for Charles I. He is credited for the idea of a double portrait.

Canaletto

Bellotto

A native of Paris, Francois Boucher (1703-1770) painted in the Rococo style. He is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories and pastoral scenes.

18C French Rococo - Boucher

English

Constable

19C English Landscape - Constable

19C English Landscape

19C English Landscape Redgrave

Joseph Wright

Joseph Wright, often referred as Wright of Derby was a pioneer English painter of industrial scenes. He was also the best European painter of artificial light of his day.

Joseph Wright

Wheatley

Turner is one of the greatest master of British watercolour landscape. His work is regarded as a Romantic preface to Impressionist.

Turner

Turner

English Portraits

The most impressive room on 18C English portrait paintings, I have seen. The best known English painters of the time were well represented in the collection.

Gainsborough

Gainsborough

Reynolds

Reynolds

Reynolds

Romney

Peale

Lawrence

Lawrence

American

American Engrave

Copley

Cropsey

Benjamin West

Durand

Kensett

Kensett

Kensett

Sargent

This a fairly large painting not unusual for Frederic Edwin Church.

Edwin Church

Moran

William Hahn

Hassam

Cassett

John Curry

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The End

Music – Ernesto Cortazar - Eternity

The Garden

American Museums of Arts