William Bliss Baker
(1859 - 1886)

 

William Bliss Baker was an American artist who began painting just as the Hudson River School was winding down. Baker began his studies in 1876 at the National Academy of Design, where he studied with Bierstadt and de Haas. He later maintained studios in Clifton Park, New York and New York City, where he painted in oils and watercolors. He completed more than 130 paintings, including several in black and white. 

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Fallen Monarchs
1886
Oil on canvas
78,8 x 99,1 cm
Brigham Young University Museum of Art