Henry Inman
Nationality: American
Date of birth: 20 October 1801
Place of birth: Utica, NY
Date of death: 17 January 1846
Category: painter
Date of birth: 20 October 1801
Place of birth: Utica, NY
Date of death: 17 January 1846
Category: painter
Identity:
The son of immigrant English parents who settled in Utica but moved thereafter to New York, he married Jane Riker O'Brien.
Life:
He was a portrait, genre, and landscape painter. He was the first vice president, and later President, of the National Academy of Design.
A portrait of Whistler's father George Washington Whistler, by Inman, said to have been painted about 1843, is in Cincinnati Art Museum. The following year he spent in England.
Bibliography:
'Inman, Henry', National Gallery of Art website. 'Henry Inman (painter)', Wikipedia. 'Henry Inman', Encyclopedia Brittanica, online.
