{"title":"Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819-1905)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a British-American artist who is known mostly for his paintings of wildlife. During most of his career, he was associated with the New York City art scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTait was born in Livesey Hall near Liverpool, England. At eight years old, (due to his father's bankruptcy), he was sent to live with relatives in Lancaster. It is during that time that he became attached to animals. Later on, in Manchester, England, Agnew \u0026amp; Zanetti Repository of Art acquired Arthur Tait, who began self-learning to paint as a twelve-year-old boy. His work consisted mostly of reproduced lithography that was exposed for Agnew's exhibitions. In 1838, he left the Agnew lithography reproduction business to marry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the period 1845-1848, he produced a number of lithographs of railway subjects, with a particular focus on landscapes showing the Lancashire and Yorkshire lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the late 1840s, he became aware of the Americas while attending a George Catlin exhibition in Paris. He immigrated to the United States in 1850, where he established a small painting camp in the Adirondacks to paint during the summer. Starting in 1852, Currier \u0026amp; Ives reproduced lithographs of his works to publicise him. What also promoted his talent was exhibitions held at the National Academy of Design, New York, during the late 19th century, showing more than 200 paintings of his. In 1858, he was elected to full membership of the Academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was identified with the art life of New York until his death at Yonkers, New York in 1905. He painted barnyard fowl and wild birds as well as sheep and deer, with great dexterity, and reproductions of his minute panels of chickens had an enormous vogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2006, Tait's painting Good Hunting Ground: The Home of the Deer was auctioned for $167,300.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tait-arthur-fitzwilliam-1819-1905-the-life-of-a-hunter-a-tight-fix-1856","title":"Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam (1819-1905) - The Life of a Hunter. A Tight Fix 1856","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePainting by Anglo-American artist Arthur Tait.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 5215 pixels wide by 3465 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/tait-arthur-fitzwilliam\" title=\"Arthur Tait\"\u003eArthur Tait\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61953428390218,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Tait_ArthurFitzwilliam_1819-1905_-TheLifeofaHunter_main.jpg?v=1780290313"},{"product_id":"tait-arthur-fitzwilliam-1819-1905-trapper-retreating-over-river-american-frontier-line-1852","title":"Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam (1819-1905) - Trapper Retreating over River, American Frontier Line 1852","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePainting by Anglo-American artist Arthur Tait.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 5271 pixels wide by 3472 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/tait-arthur-fitzwilliam\" title=\"Arthur Tait\"\u003eArthur Tait\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61953530462538,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Tait_ArthurFitzwilliam_1819-1905_-TrapperRetreatingoverRiver1852_main_cb84c553-f523-4852-95e3-d63372706d5d.jpg?v=1780290310"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Tait_Arthur_Fitzwilliam_1819-1905-1088466.jpg?v=1780290208","url":"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/tait-arthur-fitzwilliam.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}