Thomas Doughty

Thomas Doughty 1793-1856, American painter of the Hudson River school , b. Philadelphia. Although self-taught, he was one of the first American landscape painters to win widespread recognition at home and abroad. His paintings, few in number, are mostly of river scenery. Among the best are On the Hudson and A River Glimpse (Metropolitan Mus.); A View of the Schuylkill (Edinburgh Mus.); and others in the Corcoran Gallery, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Bibliography: See F. A. Sweet, The Hudson River School (1945).

Doughty, Thomas (1793–1856). American painter, one of the first American artists to specialize exclusively in landscapes. Doughty was born in Philadelphia and mainly lived there, but also in Boston and New York, where he died. He was essentially self-taught as a painter. In 1837 and again in 1845 he travelled to Europe, visiting England on both occasions. As one of the first to recognize the American landscape as a viable subject for painting, he is regarded as a forerunner of the Hudson River School. His best-known painting is probably In Nature's Wonderland (1835, Detroit Inst. of Arts). Doughty was also one of the first American exponents of lithography.

Doughty, Thomas (b Philadelphia, 19 July 1793; d New York, 24 July 1856). American painter, one of the first artists from his country to specialize exclusively in landscapes. Doughty was active mainly in his native Philadelphia, but he also worked in Boston and New York. He was essentially self-taught as a painter. In 1837 and again in 1845 he travelled to Europe, visiting England on both occasions. As one of the first to recognize the American landscape as a viable subject for painting, he is regarded as a forerunner of the Hudson River School. His best-known painting is probably In Nature's Wonderland (1835, Detroit Inst. of Arts). Doughty was also one of the first American artists to take up lithography.