Thomas Birch (artist)

Thomas Birch (artist)

Thomas Birch, American portrait and marine painter; born in London, England, in 1779 ; died in Philadelphia, January 3, 1851.

He came to the U. S. in 1793 and painted portraits in Philadelphia until about 1807, when he took up marine-painting. Some of his works represent naval battles of the war of 1812. ["Universal Cyclopædia & Atlas", 1902, New York, D. Appleton & Co.] His work is collected at the The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts [ [http://www.pafa.org/paintingsPreview.jsp?id=1291&pageSize=10&pageNumber=1 pafa.org] ; accessed January 29, 2007] , The Smithsonian American Art Museum [ [http://americanart.si.edu/search/search_artworks1.cfm?StartRow=1&ConID=6253&format=short&db=onlyart&LastName=&FirstName=&Title=&Accession=&Keyword= si.edu] ; accessed January 29, 2007] and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [ [http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=258990&coll_keywords=&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=Thomas+Birch&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=Watercolors&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_
] ; accessed January 29, 2007] among others.

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* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/birch_thomas.html artcyclopedia.com]
* [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/images/tms/45.166_SL1.jpgbrooklynmuseum.org]


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