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John Bristol (1826 - 1909) St. Augustine Coastal scene. Oil on canvas housed in origninal gold leaf frame. Size: 10 x 15 inches. Signed lower right. Stenciled verso. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, the Century Association 1873-1909, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Artists Fund Society. John Bristol was elected an associate academician in 1860, and a full member in 1875. Although Bristol lived in New York City, he traveled and painted throughout New England almost every summer. In 1859, he traveled to Florida producing several works of the St. Johns River and of St. Augustine. Exhibitions include the National Academy of Design from 1858 to 1900; the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, where he was awarded a medal; the Paris Salon Exposition of 1889, where he won a prize; the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo in 1901, where he also received a medal; Brooklyn Art Association 1862-1884; Boston Art Club 1877 and 1885; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 1888; and Art Institute of Chicago, 1888-1901. His work is represented in many private and public collections including: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hudson River Museum, George Walter Vincent Smith Museum, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Robert Hull Fleming Museum, Huntington Library & Gallery Peabody Institute in Baltimore.