America's first important painter of the romantic movement, Washington Allston (1779-1843) created landscapes, historical scenes, and literary pieces that exude dramatic terror as well as quiet mystery. Washington Allston was born in South Carolina in...

Washington Allston (5 November 1779-9 July 1843), artist, poet, and novelist, is an important link between neo-classical and romantic taste in America. Born in Waccamaw, South Carolina, Allston was sent to Newport, Rhode Island, at an early age, where...

Washington Allston is one of the most important artists to emerge in America after the American Revolution. A man of many talents, Allston was not only a visual artist but also a poet and novelist. Although his literary works have not been his legacy...

On June 23, 1842, Washington Allston wrote to his friend and patron, James McMurtrie: The picture you refer to in your letter has been sold several years since. I suppose it is the one which Coleridge named 'The Sisters'-- and which...

Allston is a Boston neighborhood that college students, homeowners, generations of families, and immigrants from Russia, Ireland, and Latin America all call home. One of its largest residents is the expanding Harvard University, which has stitched together hundreds of acres in recent years...