When he was nineteen years old he sold enough of his sketches to pay his way back to London, England. He spent several months in England, sketching wherever he went. When he came back to New York he painted a picture called "Winter Twilight," which marked the beginning of his success. Later he spent a year in Paris, finally making his permanent home in London.
His studio in New York City was given up, but, although he lived in England, his art remained distinctly American.
He was especially interested in the history and literature of our country and has been called "the interpreter and illuminator of New England life in the seventeenth century."
Besides painting, he wrote for magazines, illustrating his own stories with great success.
Questions about the artist. Tell about the artist. Where was he born? Where did he grow up? How old was he when he came to America? In what did he excel at school? When did he go back to England? How did he earn the money? What did he do when he came back? Of what country did he paint the most pictures? What part of our history interested him especially? In what else was he successful besides painting?
