Jasper Francis Cropsey

1823 Born in Rossville, Staten Island, New York

1837–42 Apprenticed to architect Joseph Trench, New York City; received lessons in watercolor painting from a British artist

1843 Briefly practiced architecture in New York City; first exhibited at the National Academy of Design

1844 Elected Associate of the National Academy of Design

1847 First exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

1847–49 Traveled in Europe following marriage

1849 First painted in the White Mountains

1851 Elected Academician of the National Academy of Design

1855 First exhibited at the Boston Art Club

1856–63 Lived and worked in London, England

1857–62 Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London

1862 Designed the American Department for the International Exhibition, London

1867 One of the first ten members of the American Society of Painters in Water-colors

1876 Won medal at the U.S. Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia

1900 Died in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York