William Sidney Mount

Works by this Artist

Farmers Nooning
William Sidney Mount, 1836

Studies

apprenticed as a sign painter to his brother, Henry Mount (1825); drawing classes at National Academy of Design (NAD, 1826-27)

Career

1830 – exhibits Rustic Dance after a Sleigh Ride (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) at NAD
1835 – Bargaining for A Horse is engraved twice for the American Art Union

Commissions from

William Schaus; Luman Reed; Johathan Sturges

Important Artworks

Bargaining for a Horse, 1835 (New York Historical Society)

The Power of Music, 1847 (Cleveland Museum of Art)

Readings

Mount, William Sidney. William Sidney Mount, 1807-1868. New York: Abrams, 1975

Catching the Tune: Music and William Sidney Mount. Exhibition catalogue. Stony Brook, NY: Museums at Stony Brook, 1984