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John Quidor

1801

WA-00047752

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ3182324

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Romantic Painting in America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943–1944

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2 cross-verified · 0 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓

Source Registry (1)

Smithsonianhttps://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=6718
Tier 1 · Institutional95%

About

Why this artist matters now

John Quidor was an American painter of historical and literary subjects. About 35 of Quidor's canvases are known to survive, most of which are based on Washington Irving's stories about Dutch New York, drawing inspiration from the Hudson Valley and from such English painters as William Hogarth, Isaac Cruikshank, James Gillray, Joseph Wright of Derby, and George Morland.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 95% · Updated 17d ago

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (4)

The Vigilant Stuyvesant's Wall Street Gate

1863 · oil paint

27 1/8 x 34 3/8 in. (68.9 x 87.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Devil and Tom Walker

1856 · oil paint

Framed: 84 x 104 x 8.5 cm (33 1/16 x 40 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 68.8 x 86.6 cm (27 1/16 x 34 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Return of Rip Van Winkle

1849 · oil paint

overall: 101 x 126.5 cm (39 3/4 x 49 13/16 in.) framed: 139.1 x 159.4 x 9.5 cm (54 3/4 x 62 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Leatherstocking's Rescue

1832 · oil paint

26 x 34 in. (66 x 86.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artwork sources (6)

4 published of 15 catalogued · 15 with image

The Met
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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21 entries · 2 sources

The Devil and Tom Walker
1856 · Cleveland · 6 prov
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The Vigilant Stuyvesant's Wall Street Gate
1863 · Met · 5 prov
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The Return of Rip Van Winkle
1849 · Nga · 5 prov
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Leatherstocking's Rescue
1832 · Met · 5 prov
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The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane (1858)

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Art Institute of Chicago

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National Gallery of Art

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Romantic Painting in America

New York · 1943