Artist

William Hart

Portrait of William Hart
Portrait of William Hart

American, 1823–1894

William Hart was an American Realism painter. 13 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art, most of them oil paintings. William Hart was born in Paisley.

William Hart (March 31, 1823 – June 17, 1894), was a Scottish-born American landscape and cattle painter, and Hudson River School artist. His younger brother, James McDougal Hart, and his younger sister, Julie Hart Beers, were also Hudson River School artists, and his nieces Letitia Bonnet Hart and Mary Theresa Hart became well-known painters as well. Another niece, Annie L. Y. Orff, became an editor and publisher. He studied under Jules-Joseph Lefebvre.

Works by William Hart

Collections represented

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