Frederic Porter Vinton

Frederic Porter Vinton (January 29, 1846 – May 19, 1911), sometimes spelled Frederick, was an American painter.

Life He was born in Bangor, Maine. He grew up in Chicago, and moved to Boston in 1861 For twenty years he worked as a bookkeeper, during which he studied art under William Rimmer at the Lowell Institute. Soon after studying at the Institute, he wrote an art review for the Boston Advertiser. While a bookkeeper, he began studying art under William Rimmer of the Lowell Institute. Upon prompting from Rimmer, Vinton sent a review of some local artwork to the Boston Advertiser. In 1878, he began his artistic career by starting a small portrait studio in Boston.

Vinton married Annie M. Peirce on June 27, 1883, after an eighteen-month trip across Europe, visiting the Netherlands, France, and Germany. Some of his most famous paintings of portraits of his young wife.

Paintings Frederic specialized in portraits, although he had done some landscapes, such as "Street in Toledo" and "River View, Spring". His paintings have been described as impressionistic. Some critiques have gone as far as to say his work was, more specifically, pre-1940's impressionism. His work was also highly influenced by his European travels, and his studies under many important artists of the time. It is associated with the Boston School of painting.

European travels "River View, Spring" A landscape by Frederic Porter Vinton. Circa. 1880 Frederic spent much of his time traveling the European continent, and it has influenced his work and differentiated it from the American work of the same time, with one reviewer even calling him "an aristocrat of the old school". In 1875, he traveled to Paris and studied under Léon Bonnat for a season. In 1876, he spent a year in Munich in which he spent his time learning under the teachings of Frank Duveneck and the Royal Academy of Munich. Later, he returned to Paris for two years, citing his dislike of the German method of impressionism, After his death, Mrs. Frederic Porter Vinton released some of his paintings to assorted exhibits.