Amasa Hewins
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Amasa Hewins was an American portrait, genre, and landscape painter
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Hewins was born in Sharon, Massachusetts
to Esther (Kollock) and Amasa Hewins. He married Elizabeth Alden on August 22, 1820. Thereafter he lived in Boston
, and first exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum in 1830, and occasionally thereafter until 1846. During the early 1830s he went abroad to study in Italy, France, and Spain; after his return he exhibited in Boston a panorama of the sea and shores of the Mediterranean in 1848.
Hewins died in Florence, Italy and is buried in the Protestant Cemetery there (often called the English Cemetery). According to cemetery records, he was Secretary to the Consulate of the United States at Livorno at the time of his death. His papers are collected in the Boston Athenaeum.
Landscape art
Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...
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Hewins was born in Sharon, Massachusetts
Sharon, Massachusetts
Sharon is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 17,612 at the 2010 census. Sharon is part of Greater Boston, about 17 miles southwest of downtown Boston....
to Esther (Kollock) and Amasa Hewins. He married Elizabeth Alden on August 22, 1820. Thereafter he lived in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, and first exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum in 1830, and occasionally thereafter until 1846. During the early 1830s he went abroad to study in Italy, France, and Spain; after his return he exhibited in Boston a panorama of the sea and shores of the Mediterranean in 1848.
Hewins died in Florence, Italy and is buried in the Protestant Cemetery there (often called the English Cemetery). According to cemetery records, he was Secretary to the Consulate of the United States at Livorno at the time of his death. His papers are collected in the Boston Athenaeum.
Selected paintings
- 1835 Woman of Boston, Fruitlands MuseumFruitlands MuseumFruitlands Museum is a cluster of small historic buildings in Harvard, Massachusetts on the former site of the unsuccessful utopian community Fruitlands...
- 1836 Lady Seated at a Work Table, Museum of Fine Arts, BostonMuseum of Fine Arts, BostonThe Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States, attracting over one million visitors a year. It contains over 450,000 works of art, making it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Americas...
- 1836 Lady Playing the Piano, Museum of Fine Arts, BostonMuseum of Fine Arts, BostonThe Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States, attracting over one million visitors a year. It contains over 450,000 works of art, making it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Americas...
- ? , Room Interior with Man and Woman at Table, private collection?
- ? , Wadsworth AtheneumWadsworth AtheneumThe Wadsworth Atheneum is the oldest public art museum in the United States, with significant holdings of French and American Impressionist paintings, Hudson River School landscapes, modernist masterpieces and contemporary works, as well as extensive holdings in early American furniture and...
- ? , Dedham Historical Society, Dedham, MassachusettsDedham, MassachusettsDedham is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,729 at the 2010 census. It is located on Boston's southwest border. On the northwest it is bordered by Needham, on the southwest by Westwood and on the southeast by...
- ? , Portland Museum of ArtPortland Museum of ArtThe Portland Museum of Art is an art museum in Portland, Maine. Founded as the Portland Society of Art in 1882, it is located in the downtown area known as The Arts District, and is the largest and oldest public art institution in the U.S...
, Portland, MainePortland, MainePortland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
Selected writings
- Allen, Francis H. (ed.), Hewin's Journal. A Boston Portrait Painter Visits Italy. The Journal of Amasa Hewins, 1830-1833. Boston; The Boston Athenaeum: 1931.