JASPER

See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

FRANCIS

See also:

• JASPER FRANCIS CROPSEY (1823–1900)

CROPSEY (1823–1900)  , American landscape painter, was born at Rossville, Staten Island, New York, on the 18th of February 1823 . After practising architecture for several years, he turned his attention to painting, studying in Italy from 1847 to 1850 . In 1851 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Design . From 1857 to 1863 he had a studio in London, and after his return to America enjoyed a considerable vogue, particularly as a painter of vivid autumnal effects, along the lines of the Hudson River school . He was one of the original members of the American Water Color Society . He continued actively in this profession until within a few days of his death, at Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, on the 22nd of June 1900 . He made the architectural designs for the stations of the elevated railways in New York City .