William Halsall
William Formby Halsall (March 20, 1841 – November 7, 1919) was a marine painter born in Kirkdale, England. His parents were John and Mary. He lived at Provincetown, Massachusetts, and died as a US citizen.
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William Halsall
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- Name
- William Halsall
- Birth Name
- William Formby Halsall
- Born
- 20 March 1841
- Birthplace
- Kirkdale, England
- Died
- 7 November 1919
- Place of death
- Winthrop, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Occupation
- Painter
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- marine
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William Formby Halsall (March 20, 1841 – November 7, 1919) was a marine painter born in Kirkdale, England. His parents were John and Mary. He lived at Provincetown, Massachusetts, and died as a US citizen.
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• Name — William Halsall • Birth Name — William Formby Halsall • Born — 20 March 1841 • Birthplace — Kirkdale, England • Died — 7 November 1919 • Place of death — Winthrop, Massachusetts, U.S. • Occupation — Painter
Mariner and fresco painter
Mariner and fresco painter
Halsall was educated in Boston and worked as a sailor for seven years from 1852 to 1859. In 1860, he had begun to study fresco painting but due to the outbreak of the American Civil War, he enlisted in the United States Navy. He resumed his fresco study after two years of service.
Marine painting
Marine painting
• Illustration — Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor, one of Halsall's famous paintings (1882) In 1862, Halsall changed to marine painting and studied at the Lowell Institute in Boston until 1870. Halsall was also a founding member of the Provincetown Art Association in 1914. He died in Winthrop, Massachusetts on November 7, 1919.
Arrival of the Winthrop Colony in Boston
W. F. Halsall · Tappan, Eva March. An Elementary History of Our Country. New york: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1914.
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1841
William Halsall born at Kirkdale.
1919
William Halsall died at Winthrop.
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