Harry Ives Thompson (31 January 1840, West Haven, Connecticut - 1906, West Haven, Connecticut) was an American painter, known primarily for his portraits and rural scenes.
Biography He was initially trained as a merchant and helped operate the family grocery store; painting in his leisure time. Upon turning twenty-one, in 1861, he decided that he would rather pursue a career in art and took lessons from Benjamin Hutchins Coe (1799-1883), a landscape painter from Hartford.
Three years later, Coe retired and Thompson took over his drawing school in New Haven until 1867. His first public showing came at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition.Art and Artists in Connecticut by Harry Willard French @ Google Books, From 1877 to 1890, he was a regular exhibitor at the National Academy of Design in New York. He also produced numerous portraits of notable people associated with Yale University.Biographical notes @ White Mountain Art]].
He occasionally painted in New Hampshire as well.
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More works by Thompson @ ArtNet Portrait of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. @ the US House of Representatives Thompson (Harry I.) West Haven Genealogical Papers