Theodore J. Richardson
Artworks: 38
Renowned for Alaskan landscape paintings
Born in Readfield, Maine, Theodore Jerome Richardson grew up in Red Wing, Minnesota. Following high school, he studied at Boston Normal Art School before returning to Minnesota where he instructed in art, penmanship, and geometry at Minnesota State Normal College in Winona. In 1880, Richardson was hired by the Minneapolis Public Schools as superintendent of industrial drawing. A founding father and charter member of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts in 1883, he had his first retrospective posthumously, in 1928. Richardson is most noted for his Alaskan paintings, which he painted during the summers starting in 1884.
Artworks by this artist (38 total)
- In The Old Quarter, Sitka, 1900 1900
- Mountain Jumbo, Juneau 19th century
- Indian River Walk, Lover’s Lane 19th century
- The Old Warehouse, Sitka ca. 1880-1914
- Rear View Of Greek Church, Sitka, 1888 1888
- Drying Blankets Over Canoes ca. 1890-1914
- Russian Block House, Alaska, 1900 1900
- St. Elias Alps 19th century
- Beach in Front of Chief’s House 19th century
- Near the Fiords. Silver and Gray. Evening 19th century
- St. Elias Alps, Morning, Fairweather 19th century
- The Raven Totem Pole ca. 1880-1914
- Alaska Building With Totems At St. Louis Exposition 1904
- Near the Fiord 19th century
- Trading Post And Wharf Buildings, Sitka, Evening ca. 1880-1914
- Drying Skins, Sitka ca. 1880-1914
- Former Governor’s House, Sitka, 1905 1905
- Landing Beach, Kasaan c. 1900
- Buildings Going To Ruin, Alaska, 1884 1884
- Native Interior ca. 1880-1914