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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edward_Troye > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edward_Troye.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Troye > Source revision: 1342886040 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Swiss-American painter (1808–1874)}} {{Infobox artist | name = Edward Troye | image = Edward Troye retouch.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Edward Troye | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | birth_date = 12 July 1808 | birth_place = [Lausanne](/source/Lausanne), Switzerland | death_date = 25 July 1874 | death_place = [Georgetown, Kentucky](/source/Georgetown%2C_Kentucky), US | resting_place = [Georgetown Cemetery (Georgetown, KY)](/source/Georgetown_Cemetery_(Georgetown%2C_KY)) | education = | alma_mater = | known_for = Painter, teacher | notable_works = | style = | movement = [Realism](/source/Realism_(art_movement)) | spouse = Corneila Van de Graff | partner = | awards = | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = | module = }} '''Edward Troye''' (12 July 1808 – 25 July 1874) was a Swiss-born American painter best known for his portraits of [Thoroughbred horse](/source/Thoroughbred_horse)s.{{cite book|last=Coleman|first=J. Winston|title=Historic Kentucky|publisher=Henry Clay Press|location=Lexington, Kentucky|year=1968|edition=Second|pages=62}} ==Early life and background== Troye was born on July 12, 1808, in [Lausanne](/source/Lausanne), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland). ==Travels== At age 20 he emigrated to the [West Indies](/source/West_Indies), and later on to [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania](/source/Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania), where he was an employed artist of ''[Sartain's Magazine](/source/Sartain's_Magazine)''.{{cite book|title=Dictionary of American Biography|editor=Dumas Malone|publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons|location=New York|year=1964|volume=X|chapter=Part 1}} ==Career as painter== ===Life in Kentucky=== On July 16, 1839, Troye married Corneila Van de Graff of [Scott County, Kentucky](/source/Scott_County%2C_Kentucky), and settled in Central Kentucky where he lived for the next 35 years. While living in Kentucky, Troye painted portraits and [race horse](/source/race_horse)s for the local families in [Georgetown, Kentucky](/source/Georgetown%2C_Kentucky). He worked primarily for the Steele and Alexander families, and Alexander "Keene" Richards. Troye taught French and drawing at [Spring Hill College](/source/Spring_Hill_College), 1849–1855. ===Later travels and move to Alabama=== Later he and Richards traveled to the [Holy Land](/source/Holy_Land) where he painted horses, [Damascus, Syria](/source/Damascus%2C_Syria) cattle, the [Dead Sea](/source/Dead_Sea) and the bazaar of Damascus while Richards bought Arabian horses. [Bethany College](/source/Bethany_College_(West_Virginia)), [West Virginia](/source/West_Virginia), retains copies of some of these paintings. In 1869, Troye moved his family to a {{convert|700|acre|km2|adj=on}} cotton plantation in [Madison County, Alabama](/source/Madison_County%2C_Alabama). Troye returned to Kentucky and resided at the home of longtime friend Keen Richards until his death from pneumonia on July 25, 1874. ==Death and legacy== Troye's best works, between the years 1835 and 1874 (prior to the [birth of photography](/source/History_of_photography)), are true-to-life delineations of historical American [Great Plains](/source/Great_Plains) horses. He painted Southern United States pre-[American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War) thoroughbreds. Little was known of Troye's work in the eastern United States until 1912. Since then, more than 300 of his paintings have been found, of which three-fourths have been photographed since 1912. In addition, he is the author of ''The Race Horses of America (1867)''. Troye is buried in [Georgetown Cemetery](/source/Georgetown_Cemetery_(Georgetown%2C_KY)) with his wife and grandson, Clarence D. Johnson. ==Notable horse paintings== [[File:Self Portrait in a Carriage Edward Troye.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|''Self Portrait in a Carriage'', oil on canvas, 1852, [Yale University Art Gallery](/source/Yale_University_Art_Gallery)]] *[American Eclipse](/source/American_Eclipse_(racehorse)) and Sir Henry *Bertrand *Black Maria *[Boston](/source/Boston_(horse)) and his son, [Lexington](/source/Lexington_(horse)) *[Glencoe I](/source/Glencoe_I) *[Kentucky](/source/Kentucky_(horse)) *Lecomte *Leviathan *Longfellow *Ophelia - dam of Gray Eagle *Reality *[Reel](/source/Reel_(horse)) *Revenue *Richard Singleton *[Ruthless](/source/Ruthless_(horse)){{cite web|url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.73.html/2004/the-collection-of-mr-and-mrs-walter-m-jeffords-n08016 |title=The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords |publisher=[Sotheby's](/source/Sotheby's) |date=2004-10-29 |accessdate=2019-09-30}} *Wagner *[West Australian](/source/West_Australian_(horse)) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Edward Troye}} {{Portal bar|Biography}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Troye, Edward}} Category:1808 births Category:1874 deaths Category:Artists from Geneva Category:Painters from Philadelphia Category:People from Scott County, Kentucky Category:19th-century American painters Category:American male painters Category:19th-century Swiss painters Category:Swiss male painters Category:Painters from Kentucky Category:Spring Hill College alumni Category:Swiss emigrants to the United States Category:19th-century American male artists Category:19th-century Swiss male artists Category:Burials at Georgetown Cemetery (Georgetown, Kentucky) Category:Spring Hill College faculty --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Edward Troye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Troye) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Troye?action=history)). 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