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Milton W. Hopkins
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[[File:Aphia Salisbury Rich and Baby Edward E-000964-20111014.jpg|thumb|200px|Aphia Salisbury Rich (1793-1868) and Baby Edward]]
[[File:Hopkins-Lacey.jpg|thumb|200px|Pierrepont Lacey (1832-1888) and his Dog "Gun"]]
'''Milton William Hopkins''' (1 August 1789, [[Harwinton, Connecticut]] - 24 April 1844, [[Cincinnati]]) was an American portrait painter in the [[folk art]] tradition.
==Biography==
He was one of eight children born to Hezekiah and Eunice Hopkins. In 1800, when he was eleven, the family moved to [[Clinton, New York]], but by 1807 he was back in Connecticut, where he married Abigail Pollard of [[Guilford, Connecticut|Guilford]], with whom he had a son. She died in 1817, and he married Almira Adkins (1794-1861). They soon moved to [[Evans Mills, New York]].<ref name="N">[http://bit.ly/2R2CnXN Biography] @ the [[National Gallery of Art]].</ref>They eventually had nine children, of whom five survived to maturity. During this time, it appears that he was primarily occupied in farming.
In 1823, he and his family moved to [[Newport, New York]]. The following year, he placed an advertisement in that city's newspaper (the ''Patriot'') offering his services in house and sign painting, gilding, glazing and chair-making. He also sold painting supplies and apparently served for a brief period as a captain on a [[canal boat]]. Soon, however, he appeared in [[Richmond, Virginia]], where he promoted himself as an instructor for women in [[theorem stencil]], popularly known as "Poonah painting".<ref name="N" /> It is likely that he was also employed as an assistant at a local women's art academy that taught "Painting on Velvet, Wood and Paper, and Fancy Work."
He returned to New York in 1829. Four years later, he advertised himself as an art teacher and portrait painter. His first known work, a portrait of an unidentified man, dates from that year. Although it has not been firmly established, he may have been acquainted with, and possibly took some lessons from [[Ammi Phillips]], an itinerant portrait painter who was from the same part of Connecticut.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2X4JCUI Biography] @ AskArt.</ref>
He moved to Ohio in 1836; first to Cleveland, then to [[Williamsburg, Ohio|Williamsburg]] near [[Cincinnati]], where he purchased a farm. Soon after, he was apparently exposed to [[Academic art|Academic]] style portrait painting and his faces became more detailed. An advertisement in the ''Daily Ohio Statesman'' from 1839 indicates that he had a studio in [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], but a few years later was evidently working in the South; notably in Mississippi. He was strongly opposed to slavery, so this may have been connected to his work with the [[Underground Railroad]]. He was also involved in the [[Temperance Movement]] and the [[Anti-Masonic Party]].<ref name="N" /> In addition to his self-promotion, he made many professional contacts through his active participation in the [[Presbyterian Church]].
His last signed work dates from 1841. He was back in Cincinnati by 1843 and once again began advertising his services. He died of pneumonia the following year. His works are occasionally confused with those of [[Noah North]] (1809-1880), who worked in some of the same areas and may have been apprenticed to Hopkins at some point.<ref>[https://s.si.edu/2QZcDeR Biographical notes] @ the [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]].</ref>
==References==
==Further reading==
* Barbara Franco, et al., ''Face to Face: M.W. Hopkins and Noah North'', [[Museum of Our National Heritage]], 1988 ISBN 978-0-962110-77-1
==External links==
*[http://bit.ly/2WPR1aj More works by Hopkins] @ ArtNet
*[http://bit.ly/2R2Cpin Milton Hopkins] @ [[Find-a-Grave]]
[[Category:1789 births]]
[[Category:1844 deaths]]
[[Category:American painters]]
[[Category:American portrait painters]]
[[Category:Folk art]]
[[Category:Artists from Connecticut]]
[[File:Hopkins-Lacey.jpg|thumb|200px|Pierrepont Lacey (1832-1888) and his Dog "Gun"]]
'''Milton William Hopkins''' (1 August 1789, [[Harwinton, Connecticut]] - 24 April 1844, [[Cincinnati]]) was an American portrait painter in the [[folk art]] tradition.
==Biography==
He was one of eight children born to Hezekiah and Eunice Hopkins. In 1800, when he was eleven, the family moved to [[Clinton, New York]], but by 1807 he was back in Connecticut, where he married Abigail Pollard of [[Guilford, Connecticut|Guilford]], with whom he had a son. She died in 1817, and he married Almira Adkins (1794-1861). They soon moved to [[Evans Mills, New York]].<ref name="N">[http://bit.ly/2R2CnXN Biography] @ the [[National Gallery of Art]].</ref>They eventually had nine children, of whom five survived to maturity. During this time, it appears that he was primarily occupied in farming.
In 1823, he and his family moved to [[Newport, New York]]. The following year, he placed an advertisement in that city's newspaper (the ''Patriot'') offering his services in house and sign painting, gilding, glazing and chair-making. He also sold painting supplies and apparently served for a brief period as a captain on a [[canal boat]]. Soon, however, he appeared in [[Richmond, Virginia]], where he promoted himself as an instructor for women in [[theorem stencil]], popularly known as "Poonah painting".<ref name="N" /> It is likely that he was also employed as an assistant at a local women's art academy that taught "Painting on Velvet, Wood and Paper, and Fancy Work."
He returned to New York in 1829. Four years later, he advertised himself as an art teacher and portrait painter. His first known work, a portrait of an unidentified man, dates from that year. Although it has not been firmly established, he may have been acquainted with, and possibly took some lessons from [[Ammi Phillips]], an itinerant portrait painter who was from the same part of Connecticut.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2X4JCUI Biography] @ AskArt.</ref>
He moved to Ohio in 1836; first to Cleveland, then to [[Williamsburg, Ohio|Williamsburg]] near [[Cincinnati]], where he purchased a farm. Soon after, he was apparently exposed to [[Academic art|Academic]] style portrait painting and his faces became more detailed. An advertisement in the ''Daily Ohio Statesman'' from 1839 indicates that he had a studio in [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], but a few years later was evidently working in the South; notably in Mississippi. He was strongly opposed to slavery, so this may have been connected to his work with the [[Underground Railroad]]. He was also involved in the [[Temperance Movement]] and the [[Anti-Masonic Party]].<ref name="N" /> In addition to his self-promotion, he made many professional contacts through his active participation in the [[Presbyterian Church]].
His last signed work dates from 1841. He was back in Cincinnati by 1843 and once again began advertising his services. He died of pneumonia the following year. His works are occasionally confused with those of [[Noah North]] (1809-1880), who worked in some of the same areas and may have been apprenticed to Hopkins at some point.<ref>[https://s.si.edu/2QZcDeR Biographical notes] @ the [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]].</ref>
==References==
==Further reading==
* Barbara Franco, et al., ''Face to Face: M.W. Hopkins and Noah North'', [[Museum of Our National Heritage]], 1988 ISBN 978-0-962110-77-1
==External links==
*[http://bit.ly/2WPR1aj More works by Hopkins] @ ArtNet
*[http://bit.ly/2R2Cpin Milton Hopkins] @ [[Find-a-Grave]]
[[Category:1789 births]]
[[Category:1844 deaths]]
[[Category:American painters]]
[[Category:American portrait painters]]
[[Category:Folk art]]
[[Category:Artists from Connecticut]]
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