Jasper Cropsey Born on Staten Island, New York, Jasper Cropsey became a nationally known luminist landscape painter whose work reflects his interest in architecture and serial painting, life's voyages, allegorical progression, seasons, etc. He had early success, being acclaimed by the press when he was in his twenties. He was trained in architecture but turned to landscape painting, which was then gaining acceptance. He was an admirer of Thomas Cole and used Cole's Roman studio when studying in Italy from 1847-49. Although Cole was deceased by then, he adopted Cole's colorful palette and romantic treatment of subject matter. He lived most of his life at Hastings-on-Hudson, overlooking the Hudson River and traveled and painted extensively in the river valley. However, from 1856 to 1863, he lived in England where the influence of Frederic E. Church replaced Cole.

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