Vincent Colyer

Mjesto: Bloomingdale

Rođen: 1824

Smrt: 1888

Biografija:

Vincent Colyer was an American artist noted for his images of the American West. He was born in Bloomingdale, New York on September 30, 1824, and grew up in a Quaker family. He studied art for four years in New York with John R. Smith, and then was a student at the National Academy. He became an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1851. From then until the Civil War he painted in New York City. During the war, Colyer founded and served with the United States Christian Commission. He also worked with the U.S. government to try to help freedmen and Native Americans. He traveled the American West in 1868-1871 and surveyed conditions among natives of the just-acquired Alaska Territory on behalf of the newly created Board of Indian Commissioners. He died on July 12, 1888.