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Facts

Born March 31, 1824 • Brattleboro • Vermont
Died September 8, 1879 (aged 55) • New Hampshire
Movement / Style Barbizon school • Romanticism

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William Morris Hunt.
Hillside with Trees, oil on canvas by William Morris Hunt, 1872–78; in the Art Institute of Chicago.
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