| 词条 | John Caspar Wild |
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| bgcolour = #6495ED | name = John Caspar Wild | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Johann Caspar Wild [1] | birth_date = July 1, 1804 | birth_place = Switzerland | death_date = August 12, 1846 | death_place = Davenport, Iowa | nationality = Swiss | field = Painting, printmaking | training = | movement = | works = | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = }} John Caspar Wild (or J.C. Wild[2]) (1804 – August 12, 1846) was an American painter and lithographer. Personal lifeJohn Caspar Wild was born in Richterswil, Canton Zürich,[2] Switzerland. He moved to Paris, France. In 1832 he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3] Wild's final home was Davenport, Iowa, a small town in the upper Mississippi river valley. He moved there from St. Louis in the summer of 1844. [4] Wild fell gravely ill with Tuberculoses[5]in the summer of 1846 and he was taken in by Davenport, Iowa millinery businessman George L. Webb.[6]On his death bed, Wild reflected upon his childhood and he yearned to die in his Swiss homeland; it was a wish that was to not be fulfilled[7]Wild died on August 12, 1846.[8]Wild was laid to rest nearly on the banks of the River which he had painted for years. Wild’s grave site was unmarked for decades. [9] WorkHe created early city views and landscapes of Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Ohio, St. Louis, Missouri, and Davenport, Iowa.[3] He specialized in hand-colored lithographs. These views, particularly the Valley of the Mississippi Illustrated were some of the first depictions of the American West. Notable collections
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References1. ^John Caspar Wild: Painter and Printmaker of 19th Century Urban America, John W. Reps. Page1 2. ^John Caspar Wild: Painter and Printmaker of 19th Century Urban America, John W. Reps. Page1 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=University of Pennsylvania|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/9432/|work=Library Company of Philadelphia|publisher=World Digital Library|accessdate=1 January 2014}} 4. ^John Caspar Wild: Painter and Printmaker of 19th Century Urban America, John W. Reps. Page 95 5. ^Geschichte der Stadt Davenport, August P. Richter, Page 293 6. ^Geschichte der Stadt Davenport, August P. Richter, Page 293 7. ^Geschichte der Stadt Davenport, August P. Richter, Page 293 8. ^John Caspar Wild: Painter and Printmaker of 19th Century Urban America, John W. Reps. Page 105 9. ^http://qctimes.com/news/local/artist-is-the-reason-we-know-what-davenport-looked-like/article_06e6f6a7-6078-5909-a3ec-39544fdc220f.html 10. ^{{cite web|title=Pennsylvania Hospital|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/9431/|work=Library Company of Philadelphia|publisher=World Digital Library|accessdate=1 January 2014}} External links{{commonscat}}
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