| 词条 | John William Hill |
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| bgcolour = #6495ED | name = John William Hill | image = HillThrasherAmRobin.jpg | imagesize = 250px | caption = Brown thrasher and American robin | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth-date|January 13, 1812}} | birth_place = London | death_date = {{death-date and age|September 24, 1879|January 13, 1812}} | death_place = West Nyack, NY | nationality = American | field = Landscape art, Painting | training = National Academy of Design | movement = Society for the Advancement of Truth in Art | works = | patrons = | influenced by = John Ruskin | influenced = | awards = }} John William Hill or often J.W. Hill (January 13, 1812 – September 24, 1879) was a British born American artist working in watercolor, gouache, lithography, and engraving. Hill's work focused primarily upon natural subjects including landscapes, still lifes, and ornithological and zoological subjects. In the 1850s, influenced by John Ruskin and Hill's association with American followers of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, his attention turned from technical illustration toward still life and landscape. LifeHill was the son of British aquatint engraver John Hill. He emigrated with his parents from London to the United States in 1819, initially living in Philadelphia. In 1822 the family moved to New York, where Hill apprenticed in aquatint engraving in his father's shop. In 1838 Hill married Catherine Smith - their children included the astronomer George William Hill and the painter John Henry Hill. WorkIn watercolor and aquatint engravings, Hill employed a stipple technique, building up planes of softly graduated colors made of tiny brushstrokes–a process commonly seen in painted miniatures. Applied to a larger scale on canvas the result was a form of objective realism in contrast with more common romanticized works of mid-19th century American painting. In 1829, at the age of 17, Hill began exhibiting watercolors and engravings produced in his father's studio at the Brooklyn Art Association and the National Academy of Design. In 1833, at the age of 21, Hill was elected to associate membership in the National Academy of Design. In his early twenties Hill began work for the New York State Geological Survey, first creating a series of topographic studies and overhead views of principle American cities and towns. This work was distinct for its accuracy of arial perspective and recording minute architectural detail. These portraits of urban settlement required frequent travel to observe, sketch, and map before creating finished watercolor studies. The completed watercolors were then recreated as color lithographic art and published by the Smith Brothers, a New York City publisher. Hill's work with the New York State Geological Survey continued later with his illustration of James Ellsworth De Kay's Zoology of New York State, or; The New-York Fauna. Part II, Birds published in 1844. Like John James Audubon's bird portraits, Hill's were painted with an objective eye, documenting accurate anatomy and colors, and capturing the animal's natural countenance. While in his early forties Hill read John Ruskin's Modern Painters, and became fascinated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The Pre-Raphaelite movement's combination of realism with increased emotional content appealed to Hill. Hill championed Pre-Raphaelite painting methods in the United States, but was less fascinated with their ideals. In 1863, with art critic Clarence Cook, geologist Clarence King, and architect Russell Sturgis, Hill helped to found the Society for the Advancement of Truth in Art.[1] For the remainder of Hill's life he focussed upon landscapes, mostly of the mountainous areas of New England and New York state. Hill's paintings and engravings are found in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Amon Carter Museum, Fogg Museum, the Hood Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. References1. ^{{cite web|last1=Avery|first1=Kevin J.|title=Nineteenth-Century American Drawings|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/amdr2/hd_amdr2.htm|website=Metropolitan Museum of Art|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|accessdate=19 January 2016}}
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