John Mackie Falconer

John Mackie Falconer (1820 - 1903) was a Scottish-born American etcher, painter, and watercolorist. Born in Edinburgh, he came to the United States in 1836.

A full member of the New York Etching Club, he was made an honorary member of the National Academy of Design in 1856. He is known for studies of older buildings and ruins. Falconer was a friend of Thomas Cole, Asher Durand, Jasper Francis Cropsey and other artists of the Hudson River School.

His work is in the collections of the [http://www.metmuseum.org Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York] ; the [http://www.mfa.org Museum of Fine Arts, Boston] ; the [http://www.nyhistory.org New-York Historical Society] ; the [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org Brooklyn Museum of Art] ; and the [http://www.columbusmuseum.com Columbus (Georgia) Museum] .

References

Linda S. Ferber, "Our Mr. John M. Falconer," "Brooklyn Before the Bridge", exhibition catalog, Brooklyn Museum, 1982.

Francine Tyler, "American Etchings of the Nineteenth Century", New York, Dover Books, 1984, p. XVIII.

External links

* [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/research/luce/object.php?id=87460 Brooklyn Museum of Art: Self Portrait Plaque]

* [http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/print/viewOnePrint.asp?item=1972.262&dep=2&viewMode=1&section=smi Metropolitan Museum of Art: Montmorency Falls, Canada]

* [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/research/luce/object.php?id=87457 Brooklyn Museum of Art: At Newtown Creek, Long Island]

* [http://www.artoftheprint.com/artistpages/falconer_john_mackie_negrohutsatqwilmingtonnorthcarolina.htm Negro Huts at Wilmington, North Carolina]

* [http://www.aaa.si.edu/guides/site-jervis/index.cfm//fuseaction/Items.ListItemComponents/ID/8202/Type/Person Smithsonian Archives of American Art]

* [http://www.ronaschneiderprints.com/C19_FalconerColeHouse.htm Thomas Cole’s First Studio at Catskill, New York]