Washington Allston

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Style: Romanticism;

Place: Near Georgetown

Born: 1779

Death: 1843

Biography:

Washington Allston ARA (November 5, 1779 – July 9, 1843) was an American painter and poet, born in Waccamaw Parish, South Carolina. Allston pioneered America's Romantic movement of landscape painting. He was well known during his lifetime for his experiments with dramatic subject matter and his bold use of light and atmospheric color. Allston was b...

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