John Caspar Wild facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
John Caspar Wild
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Painting that John Caspar Wild made called Cincinnati From Behind Newport Barracks 1835
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Johann Caspar Wild
July 1, 1804 |
| Died | August 12, 1846 Davenport, Iowa
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| Nationality | Swiss |
| Known for | Painting, printmaking |
John Caspar Wild (1804 - August 12, 1846) was an American painter and lithographer. He was also called J.C. Wild.
Personal life
John Caspar Wild was born in Richterswil, Canton Zürich, Switzerland. He moved to Paris, France. In 1832 he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wild's final home was Davenport, Iowa, a small town in the upper Mississippi river valley. He moved there from St. Louis in the summer of 1844.
Wild fell gravely ill with Tuberculoses in the summer of 1846, he died on August 12, 1846. Wild was laid to rest nearly on the banks of the River which he had painted for years, his grave site was unmarked for decades.
Work
He created early city views and landscapes of Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Ohio, St. Louis, Missouri, and Davenport, Iowa. He specialized in hand-colored lithographs. These views, particularly the Valley of the Mississippi Illustrated were some of the first depictions of the American West.
Images for kids
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University of Pennsylvania campus (located west side of 9th Street between Market Street and Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in hand colored lithograph created in 1842 (by John Caspar Wild) of Penn's then Medical Hall (left) and College Hall (right), both built 1829–1830
