Ezra Ames
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| Ezra Ames | |
| Born | 5 May 1768 Framingham, MA |
|---|---|
| Died | 23 February, 1836 Albany |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Known for | Prominent portrait painter and artist |
Ezra Ames (May 5, 1768-February 23, 1836) was a popular portrait painter in Albany, New York during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. More than 700 portraits have been attributed to him.
He was born in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1768. He moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1790, and married Zipporah Wood in 1794.
Ames painted a number of still lifes, landscapes, and history paintings, and was skilled at engraving. The Chautauqan Magazine describes his importance in this way; "(he) was the most noted portraitist in the state, outside New York city. The sure and fluent ease of his brush, his keen characterization, his pure, fresh coloring, are all remarkable for this early period. His portrait of Governor George Clinton, exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy in 1812, won him wide notice; but he did delightful work some years earlier, and many even finer canvases are scattered through the middle states, in private hands."[1]
He died in 1836 and is buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery (Lot 1 Section 59).
[edit] Paintings by Ezra Ames
 Portrait of Joseph Brant |
 Portrait of Simeon De Witt |
 Portrait of Gideon Granger |
 Portrait of Solomon Townsend |
[edit] References
- ^ Koren, John (1909). The Chautauquan v 49. Boston: The Chautauqua press. p. 82. http://books.google.com/books?id=wXYAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA82&dq=%22ezra+ames%22&as_brr=1.
- Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1963.
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