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William Parsons Winchester Dana (1833–1927) was an American artist who settled in France. ==Biography== William Parsons Dana was born in Boston, Massachusetts on February 18, 1833. Dana was attracted to a sailor's life, and made several voyages, then decided to study art, went to Paris in 1852, became a pupil of Picot and Le Poitevin and a student in the School of arts, and spent his summers sketching in Normandy and Brittany.Some of his earliest sketches are of Manchester, MA. He returned to the United States in 1862, was chosen a full member of the National Academy of Design in 1863, painted in New York city and Newport, and afterwards established his studio in Paris, France. Known as the American Impressionist, her lived at Rue St Honore, Paris, had a studio in the city, and often visited Normandy. One of his many paintings of included ''Le Havre'' and ''The Rock at Etretat''. In 1878, he moved to London with his daughter, Marion for her prospective marriage. Dana continued to paint in London, notably the famous view across the Thames to the Palace of Westminster, and Waterloo Bridge, as well as several of the pea-soup fog shrouding the river. His generic paintings included many of donkeys, on beaches, and so on, and others of animals and children. But Dana was probably best known for his seascapes, especially for a self-portrait depicting him wearing sou-wester oilskins. Dana died in London in 1927, a very rich man with a large family, and a British subject. His daughter died within months of Dana, also in 1927, his wife having long predeceased him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Parsons Winchester Dana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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