Barton S. Hays
Barton Stone Hays (April 5, 1826 in Greenville, Ohio – March 14, 1914 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) was an early Indiana artist and teacher. He was a self-taught artist who was known for his portraits, landscapes and still life paintings. While working in Indiana from 1850 to 1882, Hays taught such important young artists as William Forsyth, John Elwood Bundy and William Merritt Chase.
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Barton S. Hays
Barton S. Hays · Public domain
- Born
- 1826 · Greenville.
- Died
- 1914 · Minneapolis.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter · daguerreotypist
- Fields
- landscape
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Barton Stone Hays (April 5, 1826 in Greenville, Ohio – March 14, 1914 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) was an early Indiana artist and teacher. He was a self-taught artist who was known for his portraits, landscapes and still life paintings. While working in Indiana from 1850 to 1882, Hays taught such important young artists as William Forsyth, John Elwood Bundy and William Merritt Chase.
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Born at Greenville in 1826, died in Minneapolis in 1914.
William Merritt Chase is recorded as having studied under Barton S. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape.
Barton S. Hays, Barton Stone Hays - Still Life - 1998.59 - Indianapolis Museum of Art
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Barton S. Hays, Barton Stone Hays - Still Life with Watermelon - 58.30.2 - Indianapolis Museum of Art
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- David J. Bodenhamer et Robert G. Barrows, The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1994.
- Jeffrey Weidman, Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900: A Biographical Dictionary, Kent State University Press, Kent, 1999.
- Rachel Berenson Perry, William J. Forsyth: The Life and Work of an Indiana Artist, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 2014.
- Susan O. Chavers, A Guide to Art Smart, Indiana, Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, 1986.
- David B. Dearinger, Paintings & Sculpture at the Nat. Academy of Design, Vol. 1: 1826-1925, Volume 1, Hudson Hills Press Inc, New York, 2004.
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