Albert Fitch Bellows

Albert Fitch Bellows (20 November 1829 – 24 November 1883) was an American genre and landscape painter of the Hudson River School. He was one of the early members of the American Watercolor Society. He excelled in painting in both oil and watercolor, and was one of the first in America to attempt large etching in plates. He gained great popularity in painting typical scenes in the rural life of both New England and Old England villages.

Biography

Early years Bellows was born at Milford, Massachusetts to physician Albert J. Bellows, the author of The Philosophy of Eating. They claimed they came from the first settlers of New England. When he was 4 years old, he and his father moved to Salem, Massachusetts. After 3 years of pupilage, at the age of 20 he graduated, and quickly formed a partnership with Boston architect John D. Towle to do the artistic designing in the Towle & Bellows firm.

However, Bellows quickly turned back into painting after a year with Towle. He became a pupil in the Royal Academy of Arts in Antwerp and became an honorary member there. He eventually maintained two studios, one for oil paintings and one for watercolor. He was a member of the American Watercolor Society, and an honorary member of the Royal Belgian Society of Watercolorists.

Death He died in Auburndale, Massachusetts, on the 24th of November 1883 to an unknown illness.

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