John Quidor

1801–1881 · Romanticism

John Quidor was an American painter of historical and literary subjects. About 35 of Quidor's canvases are known to survive, most of which are based on Washington Irving's stories about Dutch New York, drawing inspiration from the Hudson Valley and from such English painters as William Hogarth, Isaac Cruikshank, James Gillray, Joseph Wright of Derby, and George Morland.

13 paintings

• Rip Van Winkle (1829)
• The Devil and Tom Walker (1856)
• Antony Van Corlear Brought Into the Presence of Peter Stuyvesant. (1839)
• The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane (1858)
• Leatherstocking's Rescue (1832)
• The Vigilant Stuyvesant's Wall Street Gate (1863)
• The Return of Rip Van Winkle (1849)
• The Money Diggers (1832)
• Ichabod Crane Flying from the Headless Horseman (1828)
• Embarkation from Communipaw (1861)
• A Battle Scene from Knickerbocker's History of New York (1838)
• Rip Van Winkle and His Companions at the Inn Door of Nicholas Vedder (1839)
• The Return of Rip Van Winkle (1849)