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for Arthur Parton
American, 1842 - 1914
The oldest of three brothers who became landscape painters, Arthur Parton was sent to study with William Trost Richards in Philadelphia and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He spent the 1860s variously in Philadelphia, New York City, and Hudson before traveling to Europe for a year at the end of the decade. There he was exposed to the Barbizon school of landscape painting.
Parton returned to settle in New York and became a regular contributor to Academy Annuals. In 1877 he married Anna Taylor. Sixteen years later, he held a major sale of 119 of his works at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries. In this later period of his life, Parton made his home in Yonkers, with a summer cottage in Arkville, New York.
Parton returned to settle in New York and became a regular contributor to Academy Annuals. In 1877 he married Anna Taylor. Sixteen years later, he held a major sale of 119 of his works at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries. In this later period of his life, Parton made his home in Yonkers, with a summer cottage in Arkville, New York.
