What is the best-known painting by Washington Allston?Read the answer
Autoritratto (1799), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge. Portrait of Captain A.H. Pray of the Boston Fusiliers (1796) and Dead Man Restored to Life by Touching the Bones of the Prophet Elisha (1811) follow.
What age was Washington Allston when Autoritratto was painted?Read the answer
Washington Allston, born in 1779, was 20 years old: Autoritratto dates from 1799.
What are the 10 most famous paintings by Washington Allston?Read the answer
Autoritratto, Portrait of Captain A.H. Pray of the Boston Fusiliers, Dead Man Restored to Life by Touching the Bones of the Prophet Elisha, The Poor Author and the Rich Bookseller, William Ellery Channing, Self Portrait, Katharina and Petruchio (Scene from Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew"), Petruchio attacks the Tailor in Act III, scene IV of The Taming of the Shrew, First study for "Christ Healing the Sick" and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). Each canvas in the ranking above comes with its year and its museum.
How many works did Washington Allston paint in all?Read the answer
68 works by Washington Allston are in our catalogue, dated 1796 to 1835.
Where can I see Washington Allston's most famous canvases?Read the answer
Mostly in Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge) and Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit); the list above names each museum and its canvases.
When did Washington Allston paint the best-loved canvases?Read the answer
In 1810s, which gave 22 of the 68 works on this page, Dead Man Restored to Life by Touching the Bones of the Prophet Elisha among them.
Which are Washington Allston's earliest and latest famous canvases?Read the answer
The earliest canvas here is Portrait of Captain A.H. Pray of the Boston Fusiliers (1796); the latest is Ideal Head (1835).
What did Washington Allston paint most often?Read the answer
Romanticismo (5), Men (5) and Landscape (4), across the 68 works on this page.
Which medium did Washington Allston paint in most often?Read the answer
Olio su tela, used in 7 of the 68 works on this page.
Which movement is Washington Allston's painting part of?Read the answer
Pittura di paesaggio romantica, as the canvases on this page show.
Which Washington Allston canvases hang at the Museum of Fine Arts?Read the answer
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston holds 14 of the works on this page, among them The Poor Author and the Rich Bookseller, William Ellery Channing and Self Portrait.
Can I buy a reproduction of a Washington Allston canvas?Read the answer
Yes. Every painting on this page can be ordered from its own page as an oil reproduction painted by hand, or as a fine art print, in the size you choose.