Biografie von John Bunyan BRISTOL (1826-1909)

Birth place: Hillsdale, NY

Death place: NYC

Addresses: NYC, c.1860-on

Profession: Landscape painter

Studied: Mostly self-taught, although he did receive a few lessons from Henry Ary (see entry).

Exhibited: NAD, frequently, 1858-1900; Brooklyn AA, 1862-84; Centennial Expo., Phila., 1876 (med.); Boston AC, 1877, 1885; PAFA, 1888; Paris Expo., 1889 (prize); Pan-Am. Expo., Buffalo, 1901 (med.); AIC.

Member: ANA, 1860; NA, 1875; Artists Fund Soc.; Century Assoc., 1873-1909

Work: Peabody Institute, Baltimore; priv. coll.

Comments: Spent most of his summers in New England, where he painted luminous scenes of the mountains and lakes (especially the Connecticut River Valley, the Berkshires, and the Green Mountains). Also painted at Lake George, Lake Champlain, and the Jersey coast; in 1859 he traveled to Florida, producing views of St. John's River and St. Augustine.

Sources: G&W; DAB; Cowdrey, NAD; CAB; Clement and Hutton; Art Annual VI; French; Art Journal (1879), 110-11, cited by Thieme-Becker; Peabody Institute (Baltimore), List of Works of Art in the Collection, 1949. WW08; Campbell, New Hampshire Scenery, 18; 300 Years of American Art, vol. 1: 218; Art in Conn.: Early Days to the Gilded Age.