William Henry Huddle
William Henry Huddle | |
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| Born | February 12, 1847 |
| Died | March 23, 1892 (aged 45) Austin, Texas, US |
| Education | National Academy of Design |
| Known for | Painting |
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William Henry Huddle (1847–1892) was an American painter famous for his portrait of Davy Crockett that hangs in the Texas State Capitol and his depiction of the surrender of Antonio López de Santa Anna.[1] The Texas State Legislature commissioned Huddle to paint official portraits of the state's chief executives.
Biography[]
He was born to Stephen G. and Nancy Foster Huddle on February 12, 1847 in Wytheville, Virginia. Huddle served in the Confederate States Army before moving to Texas with his family. He received his artistic training at the National Academy of Design in New York, New York and also in Munich, Germany.[2] He married sculptor and artist in 1889, and they had a daughter.[3] He died March 23, 1892, and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Austin. Nannie died in 1951 and is buried next to him.
Gallery[]
Davy Crockett
Old Slave
References[]
- ^ Ratcliffe, Sam D. "William Henry Huddle". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ^ "A Guide to the William H. Huddle Scrapbook, undated". UT-Library, Briscoe Center. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ^ Curlee, Kendell. "Nannie Carver Huddle". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
External links[]
- Marble Falls by William Henry Huddle Dallas Museum of Art
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- 1847 births
- 1892 deaths
- National Academy of Design alumni
- Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Austin, Texas)
- 19th-century American painters
- American male painters
- Painters from Texas
- Davy Crockett
- People from Wytheville, Virginia
- Painters from Virginia
- People of Virginia in the American Civil War