Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow
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Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow (1845–1921) was an artist in Boston
, Massachusetts
, and New York. He was the son of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
.
, and raised at Craigie House
. Educated at Harvard College
, he "passed the winter of 1865 and '66 in Paris in work and study, and the summers of 1876 and '77 in Villiers-le-Bel under Couture
. He married Harriet "Hattie" Spelman in 1868. An 1874 newspaper gossiped about him: "Ernest Longfellow, the son of the poet, is described as a slender, delicate young man, an artist of talent, great at ten-pins
, and tip-top at gunning."
"His professional life has been spent in Boston, with frequent visits to Europe." In the 1870s he kept a studio on West Street. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design
in 1871 and 1875; the Williams & Everett
gallery in Boston in 1875; the 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia; and Boston's Museum of Fine Arts
and the St. Botolph Club in 1880. He belonged to the Boston Art Club
. He moved to New York around the turn of the century.
He died in November 1921 at the Hotel Touraine in Boston. "The funeral was held from the Craigie House; ... services conducted by the Rev. Samuel A. Eliot
." Longfellow bequeathed some 55 paintings from his collection to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, including works by Jacopo Bassano
, John Constable
, Thomas Couture, Luca Giordano
, and others.
Boston
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, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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, and New York. He was the son of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline...
.
Biography
Ernest Longfellow was born in Cambridge, MassachusettsCambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
, and raised at Craigie House
Longfellow National Historic Site
The Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, also known as the Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House and, until December 2010, Longfellow National Historic Site, is a historic site located at 105 Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For almost fifty years, it was the...
. Educated at Harvard College
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
, he "passed the winter of 1865 and '66 in Paris in work and study, and the summers of 1876 and '77 in Villiers-le-Bel under Couture
Thomas Couture
Thomas Couture was an influential French history painter and teacher. Couture taught such later luminaries of the art world as Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, John La Farge, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Karel Javůrek, and J-N Sylvestre.-Life:He was born at Senlis, Oise, France...
. He married Harriet "Hattie" Spelman in 1868. An 1874 newspaper gossiped about him: "Ernest Longfellow, the son of the poet, is described as a slender, delicate young man, an artist of talent, great at ten-pins
Ten-pin bowling
Ten-pin bowling is a competitive sport in which a player rolls a bowling ball down a wooden or synthetic lane with the objective of scoring points by knocking down as many pins as possible.-Summary:The lane is bordered along its length by semicylindrical channels Ten-pin bowling (commonly just...
, and tip-top at gunning."
"His professional life has been spent in Boston, with frequent visits to Europe." In the 1870s he kept a studio on West Street. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design
National Academy of Design
The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, founded in New York City as the National Academy of Design – known simply as the "National Academy" – is an honorary association of American artists founded in 1825 by Samuel F. B. Morse, Asher B. Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E...
in 1871 and 1875; the Williams & Everett
Williams & Everett
Williams & Everett in Boston, Massachusetts, was an art dealership run by Henry Dudley Williams and William Everett. The firm sold original artworks by American and European artists, as well as "photographs and carbon-pictures of eminent persons, noted places, and famous paintings." It also...
gallery in Boston in 1875; the 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia; and Boston's Museum of Fine Arts
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States, attracting over one million visitors a year. It contains over 450,000 works of art, making it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Americas...
and the St. Botolph Club in 1880. He belonged to the Boston Art Club
Boston Art Club
The Boston Art Club, Boston, Massachusetts, for nearly 157 years, serves as a nexus for Members and non Members to access the world of Fine Art. Currently more than 250 members maintain an active environment for the support and promotion of these works....
. He moved to New York around the turn of the century.
He died in November 1921 at the Hotel Touraine in Boston. "The funeral was held from the Craigie House; ... services conducted by the Rev. Samuel A. Eliot
Samuel Atkins Eliot
Samuel Atkins Eliot, A.M., D.D. was an American Unitarian clergyman, son of Charles W. Eliot and grandson of Samuel Atkins Eliot, the politician. For more on his lineage see the Eliot family....
." Longfellow bequeathed some 55 paintings from his collection to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, including works by Jacopo Bassano
Jacopo Bassano
Jacopo Bassano , known also as Jacopo dal Ponte, was an Italian painter who was born and died in Bassano del Grappa near Venice, from which he adopted the name.- Life :...
, John Constable
John Constable
John Constable was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home—now known as "Constable Country"—which he invested with an intensity of affection...
, Thomas Couture, Luca Giordano
Luca Giordano
Luca Giordano was an Italian late Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain....
, and others.
Works by E.W. Longfellow
- Twenty poems from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; illustrated from paintings by his son Ernest W. Longfellow. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1884. Google books
- Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow. Random memories. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922. Google books
Works about E.W. Longfellow
- Earl Marble. Longfellow Exhibition. The Aldine, Vol. 8, No. 4 (1876)
- Clara Erskine Clement and Laurence Hutton. Artists of the nineteenth century and their works: A handbook containing two thousand and fifty biographical sketches, Volume 2. Boston: Houghton, Osgood, 1879. Google books
- Men and women of America: a biographical dictionary of contemporaries. NY: L.R. Hamersly & Company, 1909. Google books
- Whos who in New England. 1909, 1915.
- Whos who in America. 1914.
- Cut off Pacifist Nephews; Longfellow's Son Left Most of $300,000 Estate to Widow. Kansas City Star; Date: 12-08-1921
- The Bequest of Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow. Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin, Vol. 21, No. 128 (Dec., 1923), pp. 76–77
External links
- WorldCat. Longfellow, Ernest Wadsworth 1845-1921
- US National Park Service. Ernest Longfellow
- Archives of American Art. Ernest Wadsworth and Harriet S. Wadsworth Longfellow sketchbooks, 1867-1903
- Harvard College. The Longfellow Family in Italy. Photograph, 1869. Group portrait including Hattie and Ernest Longfellow.