William Josiah Brickey
- BORN
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December 26, 1826
Potosi, Missouri
- DIED
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September 15, 1853
New Orleans, Louisiana
William Josiah Brickey was born in Potosi, Missouri, on December 26, 1826. He began painting at age fourteen. While in Potosi, he trained as a portrait painter with an artist named Whitely, painting portraits from 1841-1842. In 1847, Brickey went to Arrow Rock, Missouri, and spent over two months with George Caleb Bingham copying Bingham’s paintings. Brickey said this experience was of “great benefit” to him. He also painted other subjects besides portraits.
After his time in Arrow Rock, Brickey moved throughout Missouri. In 1848 to 1849, Brickey was in Booneville, where he painted portraits, and in early 1849, he was working in Independence. By October 1849 to 1850, he was in Lexington, where he painted portraits and briefly was a daguerreotypist. In 1850, Brickey settled in St. Louis, where he shared a studio with the artist Alfred S. Waugh.
In 1853, Brickey left Missouri, and spent time in Natchez, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana. There he was active as an artist and caricaturist.
Brickey died in New Orleans on September 15, 1853.
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“William Josiah Brickey,” Find a Grave, accessed November 29, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5267466/william-josiah-brickey.
“William Josiah Brickey," Smithsonian American Art Museum, accessed November 28, 2022, https://americanart.si.edu/artist/william-josiah-brickey-570.
Peter E. Palmquist, and Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers From the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary 1839-1865 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2005), 125-126.
Judith A. Barter and Lynn E. Springer, Currents of Expansion: Painting in the Midwest, 1820-1940 (St. Louis: St. Louis Art Museum, 1977), 80-81, 164.
George C. Groce and David H. Wallace, The New-York Historical Society’s Dictionary of Artists in America (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957), 80.
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Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).
Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).
William H. Gerdts, Art Across America: Two Centuries of Regional Painting, 1710-1920 (New York: Abbeville Press, 1990).
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Artwork
William Josiah Brickey, Missouri Courtroom, 1852.
Oil/Canvas, 29 1/8 x 36 in.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, museum purchase, 1974.112.
Contributors
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on December 1, 2022
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Artist clippings file is available at:
Bibliography
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“William Josiah Brickey,” Find a Grave, accessed November 29, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5267466/william-josiah-brickey.
“William Josiah Brickey," Smithsonian American Art Museum, accessed November 28, 2022, https://americanart.si.edu/artist/william-josiah-brickey-570.
Peter E. Palmquist, and Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers From the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary 1839-1865 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2005), 125-126.
Judith A. Barter and Lynn E. Springer, Currents of Expansion: Painting in the Midwest, 1820-1940 (St. Louis: St. Louis Art Museum, 1977), 80-81, 164.
George C. Groce and David H. Wallace, The New-York Historical Society’s Dictionary of Artists in America (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957), 80.
Core Reference Sources
Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).
Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).
William H. Gerdts, Art Across America: Two Centuries of Regional Painting, 1710-1920 (New York: Abbeville Press, 1990).
Contributors
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on December 1, 2022
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