The most famous artists with works in Reading Public Museum are Edgar Degas, James McNeill Whistler, Frederic Edwin Church and Charles-François Daubigny.
Our catalogue lists 428 works of Reading Public Museum by 242 artists; the 25 best known are ranked below, each with the works the museum holds.
The top 10
The 10 famous artists of Reading Public Museum collectors ask for first
Who they were, where they were born, how many of their works the museum holds in our catalogue, and the ones worth a second look.
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Impressionisme
1. Edgar Degas 1834–1917
1834–1917 Born in Paris, Frankrig Impressionisme 2 works here
Fransk realist kendt for at indfange balletdanseres og væddeløbshestes bevægelser gennem præcis tegnekunst og kunstigt lys. I 1855 finder et møde sted, der sætter et permanent præg på hans udvikling: han møder Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
Worth a look at Reading Public Museum
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Tonalisme
2. James McNeill Whistler 1834–1903
1834–1903 Born in Lowell, USA Tonalisme 7 works here
Amerikansk tonalist kendt for musikalske farvearrangementer og atmosfæriske flod-nocturner, fra Peacock Room til hans berømte portrætter. James Abbott McNeill Whistler blev født den 10. juli 1834 i Lowell, Massachusetts.
Worth a look at Reading Public Museum
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Hudson River School
3. Frederic Edwin Church 1826–1900
1826–1900 Born in Hartford, USA Hudson River School 2 works here
Frederic Edwin Church, født i Hartford, Connecticut, den 4. maj 1826, trådte frem som en central figur i det blomstrende landskabsudtryk i det 19. århundredes Amerika.
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Barbizon School
4. Charles-François Daubigny 1817–1878
1817–1878 Born in Paris, Frankrig Barbizon School 4 works here
Fransk Barbizon-maler af flodlandskaber, ofte fanget fra en flydende atelierbåd for at studere skiftende lys og atmosfære. Charles-François Daubigny blev født i Paris i 1817 og voksede op i et hjem, hvor maleriet var en konstant og levende tilstedeværelse.
Worth a look at Reading Public Museum
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Neoclassical Style
5. Gilbert Stuart 1755–1828
1755–1828 Born in North Kingstown, USA Neoclassical Style 2 works here
Amerikansk nyklassicistisk portrætmaler, kendt for at indfange karakteren hos de tidlige amerikanske ledere. Gilbert Charles Stuart (født Stewart) (December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828) var en amerikansk maler fra Rhode Island.
Worth a look at Reading Public Museum
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Barbizon
6. Félix Ziem 1821–1911
1821–1911 Born in Beaune, Frankrig Barbizon 2 works here
Født som Félix François Georges Philibert Ziem i 1821 i den historiske by Beaune i Bourgogne, var hans tidlige liv præget af en spænding mellem struktur og ånd.
Worth a look at Reading Public Museum
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Romanticism
7. Thomas Sully 1783–1872
1783–1872 Born in Horncastle, Storbritannien Romanticism 2 works here
Født under Horncastles himmel i Lincolnshire i 1783, var Sully et barn af skuespillere, Matthew og Sarah Chester Sully, hvilket gav ham en tidlig forståelse for udtryk og karakterisering – elementer, der senere ville forme hans kunstneriske sans.
Worth a look at Reading Public Museum
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Art Nouveau Elegance
8. René Lalique 1860–1945
1860–1945 Born in Ay, Frankrig Art Nouveau Elegance 9 works here
Født i Aÿ, Frankrig, den 6. april 1860, begyndte Laliques rejse midt i Champagne-regionens bølgende bakker, et landskab, der for altid ville indgraves i hans kunstneriske sans.
Worth a look at Reading Public Museum
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Impressionist Landscape
9. William Merritt Chase 1849–1916
1849–1916 Born in Nineveh, USA Impressionist Landscape 3 works here
Som leder af amerikansk impressionisme fangede Chase lyset i værker som Still Life with Fish. Udforsk hans livlige samling i dag. Hans lederskab kom også tydeligt til udtryk gennem hans tid som præsident for Society of American Artists fra 1885 til 1895.
Worth a look at Reading Public Museum
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10. Anton Mauve 1838–1888
1838–1888 Born in Zaandam, Holland 2 works here
Han blev døbt Anthonij Rudolf Mauve i Zaandam, Holland, i 1838, og hans rejse var en udvikling af kunstnerisk karakter, dybt forbundet med landet og dets folk.
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Next up
No. 11 to No. 25: more famous artists in Reading Public Museum
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Udforsk Mariano Fortunys fængslende verden af tekstiler, scenebelysning og orientalistisk kunst. En spansk mester inden for design, maleri og opfindelser – opdag hans eftermæle!
- The Note (1866)
- The Mandolin Player (1871)
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Narcisse Díaz de la Peña (1807-1876): Barbizon-maler berømt for stemningsfulde skovscener og orientalistisk kunst. Påvirkede impressionismen. Udforsk romantiske landskaber!
- Glade in the Forest (1845)
- Vista (1845)
- Forest of Fontainebleau (1847)
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William Trost Richards (1833-1905): Amerikansk landskabsmaler kendt for sine detaljerede akvareller & oliemalerier af White Mountains, kystlinjer og skyskrud. En nøglefigur der broderer Hudson River School realisme & Pre-Raphaelite præcision.
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Udforsk Elihu Vedders visionære kunst (1836-1923), en amerikansk symbolist kendt for sine stemningsfulde Rubaiyat-illustrationer og drømmeagtige landskaber. Oplev hans unikke blanding af romantik og italiensk renæssance.
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Thomas Pollock Anshutz: En amerikansk realist maler kendt for sine billeder af arbejderliv og landskaber fra slutningen af det 19. århundrede. Hans indflydelse på kunstnergenerationen er enorm.
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17. Johannes Rosierse
1808–1901 · born in Dordrecht, Netherlands · 2 works here
Dutch genre painter of intimate candlelight scenes and domestic interiors, using dramatic chiaroscuro to illuminate figures in the dark.
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Robert Reid var en dansk impressionist maler og muralist kendt for sine dekorative værker og betydelige bidrag til amerikansk kunsthistorie samt hans rolle som kunstlærer.
- Summer Breezes (1915)
- Apple Blossoms (1900)
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Nicaise De Keyser var en central figur i belgisk romantisk historiemaleri. Udforsk hans over 350 værker her.
- Charles V in Retirement (1835)
- The Blessing (1841)
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Opdag Emil Carlsen (1853-1932), den "Amerikanske Chardin". Udforsk hans udsøgte stilleben, landskaber og sølandskaber der blander tonalisme og impressionisme. En dansk kunstner med fokus på lys og atmosfære.
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21. William Stanley Haseltine
Hudson River School
1835–1900 · born in Philadelphia, USA · 2 works here
Udforsk William Stanley Haseltine (1835-1900), en amerikansk luminist og Hudson River School-maler kendt for detaljerede landskaber fra New England og Italien. Oplev hans realistiske skildringer af naturen!
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22. Emilio Sánchez Perrier
1855–1907 · born in Sevilla, Spanien · 2 works here
Emilio Sánchez Perrier (1855-1907): Spansk landskabsmaler berømt for livlige scener fra Venedig & Andalusien, påvirket af Fortuny & Barbizon-skolen. Udforsk hans atmosfæriske flodudsigter og orientalistiske malerier.
- Alcalá (1884)
- Spanish Landscape (1881)
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- Marine - Green and Gold (1905)
- On Long Island Sound (1912)
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Charles Webster Hawthorne var en amerikansk maler kendt for sine levende portrætter og landskaber fra New England. Han var en central figur i Cape Cod School of Art og udfoldede et lysfyldt, ekspressivt maleri inspireret af impressionismen og plein air-teknikker.
- Constance La Boiteaux (1919)
Famous artists in Reading Public Museum, No. 26 to 50
E. Irving Couse1866–1936 · 2 works here
Ralph Albert Blakelock1847–1919 · 2 works here
Christopher Shearer1846–1926 · 18 works here
Franz Dvorak1862–1927 · 2 works here
Edmund Darch Lewis1835–1910 · 2 works here
Jacob Eichholtz1776–1842 · 3 works here
Ella Sophonisba Hergesheimer1873–1943 · 3 works here
Mary Hiester Reid1854–1921 · 2 works here
Xanthus Russell Smith1839–1929 · 2 works here
Gustavus Behne1828–1895 · 13 works here
Ben Austrian1870–1921 · 24 works here
George Emerick Essig1838–1923 · 10 works here
Franklin Dullin Briscoe1844–1903 · 8 works here
DeWitt Clinton Boutelle1820–1884 · 3 works here
Chauncey Foster Ryder1868–1949 · 2 works here
Leonard Saurfelt1823–1899 · 2 works here
Ben Foster1852–1926 · 2 works here
John Heyl Raser1824–1901 · 15 works here
James Hamilton1819–1878 · 2 works here
Francis Devlan1835–1870 · 15 works here
Frederick A. Spang1834–1891 · 12 works here
Anton Windmaier1840–1896 · 2 works here
Charles James Turrell1845–1932 · 5 works here
James Hamilton1853–1894 · 3 works here
Edmund Leaf Shearer1851–1935 · 3 works here
In numbers
The artists of Reading Public Museum, counted
Most works in Reading Public Museum
When they were born (artists with two works or more)
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Women artists
The women artists you will find in Reading Public Museum
8 women artists, 11 works in our catalogue of Reading Public Museum.
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Ella Sophonisba Hergesheimer
1873–1943 · born in Allentown, United States · 3 works here
- Dutch Girl (1904)
- Italian Girl (1904)
- Chinese Vase
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Mary Hiester Reid
1854–1921 · born in Reading, United States · 2 works here
- Landscape with Sheep (1906)
- Hollyhocks (1914)
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Cecilia Beaux
1855–1942 · born in Philadelphia, USA · 1 works here
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Mary Russell Smith
1842–1878 · born in Pennsylvania, United States · 1 works here
- Three Rabbits (1876)
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Helen Gerardia
1903–1988 · born in Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire · 1 works here
- Lunar Circuit II (1960)
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Mary Berri Chapman Hansbrough
1872–1951 · born in Washington, D.C., United States · 1 works here
- Landscape (1893)
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Questions people ask about the artists of Reading Public Museum
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Who is the best-known artist of Reading Public Museum?
Edgar Degas (1834–1917): our catalogue holds 2 works by Edgar Degas at Reading Public Museum, among them The Bather (La Baigneuse) and The Laundress Ironing (La Blanchisseuse Repassant). James McNeill Whistler and Frederic Edwin Church follow.
How many Edgar Degas paintings are in Reading Public Museum?
Our catalogue lists 2 works by Edgar Degas at Reading Public Museum, among them The Bather (La Baigneuse) (1895) and The Laundress Ironing (La Blanchisseuse Repassant) (1886).
Which James McNeill Whistler works are in Reading Public Museum?
Our catalogue lists 7 works by James McNeill Whistler at Reading Public Museum, among them La Vieille aux Loques (1858), Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris (1858), Annie Seated (1859) and The Riva No. 1 (1880).
Which Frederic Edwin Church works are in Reading Public Museum?
Our catalogue lists 2 works by Frederic Edwin Church at Reading Public Museum, among them Cotopaxi, Ecuador (1862) and Syria: Ruins by the Sea (1873).
Who are the top 10 artists in Reading Public Museum?
By fame: Edgar Degas (2), James McNeill Whistler (7), Frederic Edwin Church (2), Charles-François Daubigny (4), Gilbert Stuart (2), Félix Ziem (2), Thomas Sully (2), René Lalique (9), William Merritt Chase (3) and Anton Mauve (2).
Are there Leonardo da Vinci works in Reading Public Museum?
Our catalogue lists no work by Leonardo da Vinci at Reading Public Museum.
Is Pablo Picasso in Reading Public Museum?
Our catalogue lists no work by Pablo Picasso at Reading Public Museum.
Which painter is most represented in Reading Public Museum?
Ben Austrian (—), with 24 works in our catalogue of Reading Public Museum, ahead of Christopher Shearer (18), John Heyl Raser (15) and Francis Devlan (15).
Which women artists are in Reading Public Museum?
Our catalogue lists 8 women artists with works at Reading Public Museum: Ella Sophonisba Hergesheimer (3), Mary Hiester Reid (2), Cecilia Beaux (1), Alice Kent Stoddard (1), Mary Russell Smith (1) and Helen Gerardia (1).
How many painters are represented in Reading Public Museum?
242 artists have at least one work of Reading Public Museum in our catalogue; 53 have two or more. They were born between 1755 and 1905, in 8 countries.
Which countries are the painters of Reading Public Museum from?
Counting the artists with two works or more, Reading Public Museum holds painters born mostly in United States (32), France (7), United Kingdom (3), Germany (3) and Netherlands (2).
From which period are the artists of Reading Public Museum?
The 19th century leads with 48 artists born then. In this ranking, Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828) is the earliest born and Charles Webster Hawthorne (1872–1930) the latest.
The place
Reading Public Museum, Reading: the essentials
En vævning af verdener: En udforskning af Reading Public Museum
Dybt forankret i hjertet af Reading, Pennsylvania, er Reading Public Museum meget mere end blot et depot for artefakter; det er en levende portal, der forbinder os med århundreder af menneskelig kreativitet og kulturel udveksling. Grundlagt på arven fra Dr. Levi W. Mengels passion for oplevelsesorienteret læring, er denne dynamiske institution blomstret op til en bemærkelsesværdig destination, der sømløst forener kunst, videnskab og civilisation under ét tag – og strækker sig udad gennem sin betagende arboret. Museets historie begynder i 1904 med erhvervelsen af udstillinger fra verdensudstillingen i Saint Louis, en begivenhed, der øjeblikkeligt etablerede et globalt perspektiv i dets samlinger. Fra disse ydmyge begyndelser er Reading Public Museum vokset til en skattekiste, der rummer over 280.000 genstande, omhyggeligt kurateret til at fortælle en rig og mangefacetteret historie. Selve bygningen, der stod færdig i 1928 i den storslåede Beaux-Arts-stil, er et vidnesbyrd om epokens arkitektoniske storhed – et svævende rum designet til at vække ærefrygt og fremme udforskning.
En samlers kaleidoskop: Højdepunkter fra museets mangfoldige samlinger
Reading Public Museums styrke ligger i dets bemærkelsesværdigt omfattende samling, et bevis på grundlæggernes vision. I sin kerne findes en imponerende amerikansk kunstsamling, der tæller over syv hundrede oliemalerier af både etablerede mestre og spirende talenter. Inden for denne samling finder man værker af lysende skikkelser som Benjamin West, Raphaelle Peale, Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully samt de stemningsfulde landskaber af Frederic Church og Susan Macdowell Eakins. I nyere tid har museet omfavnet modernismen og fremviser værker af Milton Avery, Alexander Calder, Helen Frankenthaler og Louise Nevelson – kunstnere, der redefinerede det kunstneriske udtryk i det 20. århundrede. Udover den amerikanske kunst er museets besiddelser lige så fængslende. Europæiske malerier af Edgar Degas, Charles Francois Daubigny, Albert Lebourg og Marià Fortuny giver glimt af de kontinentale kunsttraditioner. Skulpturerne spænder fra de monumentale værker af Auguste Rodin til de delikate former hos Henry Moore og George Segal, hvilket skaber en håndgribelig forbindelse til den tredimensionelle kunst.
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How the top 25 is ranked
Artists with two works or more of Reading Public Museum in our catalogue, ordered by fame: Wikipedia articles in the most languages, visits to their ArtsDot.com page and our team's own ranking. We count works in our catalogue — one per work, no details or copies — not in the museum's inventory. Birth dates and places and movements come from each artist's record; the notes from their biography.
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