William Morris Hunt

William Morris Hunt (1824-1874) was an American artist whose active career spanned the mid-nineteenth century. His body of documented work includes examples across drawing, painting, and print media, securing his place in the history of American fine arts.

Hunt’s legacy is preserved in several prestigious institutions. Works by the artist are represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. The holdings represented in these collections include five prints, three William Morris Hunt paintings, and two drawings.

Notable works held in museum collections emphasize both portraiture and genre scenes, including the compositions The Thorpe Sisters, Girl at the Fountain, Women at a Well, and The Prayer. The artist’s output also includes studies such as Landscape. Given the date of his activity, many of the original works by William Morris Hunt are in the public domain, making high-quality prints and reproductions of his work widely accessible for modern scholarship and appreciation.