William Henry Huddle (1847–1892) was an American painter famous for his portrait of
Davy Crockett
David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was an American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is often referred to in popular culture as the "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Re ...
that hangs in the
Texas State Capitol
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and
his depiction of the surrender of
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (; 21 February 1794 – 21 June 1876),Callcott, Wilfred H., "Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez De,''Handbook of Texas Online'' Retrieved 18 April 2017. usually known as Santa Ann ...
. The
Texas State Legislature
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commissioned Huddle to paint official portraits of the state's chief executives.
Biography
He was born to Stephen G. and Nancy Foster Huddle on February 12, 1847 in
Wytheville
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,
Virginia
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. Huddle served in the
Confederate States Army
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before moving to Texas with his family. He received his artistic training at the
National Academy of Design
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in
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,
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and also in
Munich
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,
Germany
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. He married sculptor and artist
Nannie Carver in 1889, and they had a daughter.
He died March 23, 1892, and is buried in
Oakwood Cemetery in Austin. Nannie died in 1951 and is buried next to him.
Gallery
File:Davy crockett by huddle at capitol.jpg, Davy Crockett
File:SantaAnnaSurrender.jpg, ''Surrender of Santa Anna
''Surrender of Santa Anna'' is an 1886 painting by William Henry Huddle, displayed at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, United States.
See also
* 1886 in art
Events from the year 1886 in art.
Events
* April – New English Art Cl ...
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File:William Henry Huddle - Old Slave (c.1889).jpg, Old Slave
References
External links
Marble Falls by William Henry HuddleDallas Museum of Art
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1847 births
1892 deaths
National Academy of Design alumni
Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Austin, Texas)
19th-century American painters
American male painters
Painters from Texas
Davy Crockett
People from Wytheville, Virginia
Painters from Virginia
People of Virginia in the American Civil War