Artist

William Bradford

Portrait of William Bradford
Portrait of William Bradford

American, 1823–1892

William Bradford was an American American Impressionism painter. 15 works are cataloged here, principally at Metropolitan Museum of Art, most of them oil paintings. William Bradford was born in Fairhaven.

William Bradford (April 30, 1823 – April 25, 1892) was an American romanticist painter, photographer and explorer, originally from Fairhaven, Massachusetts, near New Bedford. His early work focused on portraits of the many ships in New Bedford Harbor. In 1858, his painting New Bedford Harbor at Sunset was included in Albert Bierstadt's landmark New Bedford Art Exhibition.

Works by William Bradford

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