About the Artist

Richardson, born in Boston, entered the formal art world in his late twenties. His early exposure was to drafting and architectural drawing, skills that underlie his technique as an artist. In the 1870’s and 80’s while working as a civil engineer and later in the banking industry, he enrolled as a student of Helen Knowlton and William Morris Hunt, the Barbizon style painter. At the age of 27 upon the death of his parents, he made a full commitment to art, sailing to Europe in December 1886 to study at the Academie Julien. he spends the next fourteen years exploring and painting scenes of France, Holland, Spain, and North Africa. As many artists did, he returned to the United States periodically to sell and display his work. Richardson entered the annual French Salon competition in 1889-1890 and in 1894-1900 with portraits, genre paintings, and landscapes. Most of these works were in oil, but he submitted at least two pastels.