American, 1817 - 1873
Little is known of Bogle's youth and early career. He first exhibited in an Academy annual in 1840, without stating an address; within the same year he was located in Charleston, South Carolina, where he was soon joined by his brother, Robert. During the following two years they worked on several large historical compositions.
In 1843, after a brief residence in Baltimore, Maryland, Bogle was in New York, working almost exclusively as a portrait painter. His career as a portraitist was very successful though undistinguished. Examples of his portraits were to be seen in Academy annuals in all but two years from 1843 through 1862; John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, De Witt Clinton, and Daniel Webster, as well as Thomas Cole and Daniel Huntington numbered among his sitters. As the effects of the Civil War broadened, Bogle returned to the south. He did not exhibit with the Academy again until 1868. Although Bogle resided in Manhattan and Brooklyn during the last five years of his life, he produced few portraits.
In 1843, after a brief residence in Baltimore, Maryland, Bogle was in New York, working almost exclusively as a portrait painter. His career as a portraitist was very successful though undistinguished. Examples of his portraits were to be seen in Academy annuals in all but two years from 1843 through 1862; John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, De Witt Clinton, and Daniel Webster, as well as Thomas Cole and Daniel Huntington numbered among his sitters. As the effects of the Civil War broadened, Bogle returned to the south. He did not exhibit with the Academy again until 1868. Although Bogle resided in Manhattan and Brooklyn during the last five years of his life, he produced few portraits.
