William Lippincott (1849-1920) Brooklyn Bridge New York City 1893. Initialed and dated lower right. Inscribed verso. Image size: 11.5 x 20.5 inches. Oil on canvas board painting depicting the New York Skyline, Brooklyn Bridge and a faint image of the Statue of Liberty in the Distance in a Luminous Sunset scene. Docked tugboats in the harbor in the left foreground. Statue of Liberty in the left third portion of the painting near the horizon. Lippincott attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1874, he went to Paris, studied with Leon Bonnat, became a plein-air painter, shared a studio with Americans Edwin Blashfield, Milne Ramsey, and Charles Pearce. He exhibited in the Paris Salons until 1882 and then returned to the United States where he set up a studio in New York City. He exhibited regularly for more than 40 years at the National Academy of Design, elected an associate member in 1884 and a full academician in 1897. He taught at the Academy and was key to setting up still life as a regular part of the curriculum. He emphasized to his students the importance of color and form as well as drawing.In addition to the National Academy, Lippincott was a member of the New York Etching Club, Philadelphia Sketch Club, and American Watercolor Society.