Johann Mongels Culverhouse (Dutch/American, 1820 to 1891)
Born in Holland in 1825, Culverhouse moved to the United States in 1849 where he painted in the classic Dutch genre style. Having spent much of his life working in the United States, he exhibited at the National Academy of Design, the Brooklyn Art Association, the American Art-Union, the Boston Athenaeum and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. His work is included in public and private collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Information courtesy of Skinner, Inc., March 2007.