William Oliver Stone
William Oliver Stone (September 26, 1830 – September 15, 1875) was an American portrait painter. Stone was born in Derby, Connecticut, to a prominent family. He studied under Nathaniel Jocelyn in New Haven from 1848, until Jocelyn's studio suffered a catastrophic fire in 1849.
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William Oliver Stone
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- Born
- 1830 · Derby.
- Died
- 1875
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
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William Oliver Stone (September 26, 1830 – September 15, 1875) was an American portrait painter. Stone was born in Derby, Connecticut, to a prominent family. He studied under Nathaniel Jocelyn in New Haven from 1848, until Jocelyn's studio suffered a catastrophic fire in 1849.
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Stone moved to New York in 1851, where he opened his own studio, and became a successful portrait painter. He became an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1856, and full member in 1859, exhibiting in each of the academy's annual exhibitions from 1861 through his early death, in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1875.
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1830
William Oliver Stone was born on 26 September 1830.
1875
William Oliver Stone died on 15 September 1875.
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- 1.C. Scribner's Sons. Stone, William Oliver. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings. 4. 231. 1913. 9780804605359.
- 2.Frederic F. Sherman. Early American Portraiture. Ayer Publishing (1972 reprint). 46–47. 1972. 0-405-08966-X.
- 3.Natalie Spassky. American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vol. II. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 316–317. 1985. 0870994395.
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William Oliver Stone is recorded as a citizen of United States. Recorded with the occupation painter. Classed in the genre portrait.
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