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for Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
1819 - 1905
In his youth Tait was employed in a picture store in Manchester, England, and began studying the casts in the collection of the Royal Manchester Institution. He proved himself a facile artist and, although he received no formal training, by assiduously studying the works of his contemporaries was able to establish himself as a professional, exhibiting painter. Tait immigrated to America in 1850, where he settled in New York. His first appearance in an Academy annual was in 1852, and from that point he was liberally represented in the Academy exhibitions almost yearly throughout his long life. He served on the Academy Council 1859-60, and 1873-74.
Tait specialized in paintings of animals, especially game and domestic fowl, and hunting scenes. He spent many of summers in the Adirondacks. His works were immensely popular, and were frequently engraved by Currier and Ives.
Tait specialized in paintings of animals, especially game and domestic fowl, and hunting scenes. He spent many of summers in the Adirondacks. His works were immensely popular, and were frequently engraved by Currier and Ives.
