All Thomas Birch's oil paintings
ID Image  Oil Pantings, Sorted from A to Z     Other Information
3098 Engagement Between The Constitution and The Guerriere Engagement Between The Constitution and The Guerriere 1813 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
78996 Mouth of the Delaware Mouth of the Delaware 1828(1828) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 50.8 x 76.2 cm (20 x 30 in) cyf
3097 Naval Battle Between the United States The Macedonian on Oct 30,1812 Naval Battle Between the United States The Macedonian on Oct 30,1812 1813
50512 Ship Ship mk212 1812 OIl on canvas 46x54in
70897 Shipwreck Shipwreck ca. 1829(1829) Oil on canvas 69 x 99.2 cm (27.17 x 39.06 in)
71908 Shipwreck Shipwreck Date ca. 1829(1829) Dimensions 69 x 99.2 cm
31871 The United States and the Macedonian The United States and the Macedonian mk77 1812 Oil on canvas 29x34 1/2in
Thomas Birch
1779-1851 Thomas Birch Gallery American painter of English birth. He was one of the most important American landscape and marine painters of the early 19th century. He moved to America in 1794 with his father William Birch (1755-1834), a painter and engraver from whom he received his artistic training. The family settled in Philadelphia, where William, armed with letters of introduction from Benjamin West to leading citizens of that city, became a drawing-master. Early in their American careers both Birches executed cityscapes, several of which were engraved. Thomas contributed a number of compositions to The City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, North America, as it Appeared in the Year 1800 (1800), a series of views conceived by the elder Birch in obvious imitation of comparable British productions. An English sensibility is also apparent in the many paintings of country estates executed by father and son in the early 19th century (e.g. Eaglesfield, 1808; priv. col.). These compositions, along with such portrayals of important public edifices in and near Philadelphia as Fairmount Waterworks (1821; Philadelphia, PA Acad. F.A.), emphasize the cultural progress and commercial prosperity of the young United States as well as its almost Edenic natural beauty. Birch is also known for his representations of winter landscapes. . Related Artists to : | Grant Wood | Frederick William Woodhouse | Fitz Henry Lane | Carlo di Braccesco | William Mellor |