Itinerant Artist Joseph Goodhue Chandler (1813-1884)

Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American artist, 1813 – 1884) Melinda Prouty Lamson-with son Nathaniel

An itinerant painter born in Massachusetts, Joseph Chandler was a typical 19th-century American folk artist traveling from place to place painting portraits. To the relief of modern-day curators, he signed & dated his paintings on the backs of the canvases.  His portraits of children capture the awkwardness of his sitters, and he often included toys & pets & perhaps a landscape in the background--something he did not do with his adult sitters.

Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American artist, 1813 – 1884) Boy and Girl in Rose Garden

Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American artist, 1813 – 1884) Mary Elizabeth Bennet

Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American artist, 1813 – 1884) Whiting and Joseph Griswold

Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American artist, 1813 – 1884) Frederick Eugene Bennet

Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American artist, 1813 – 1884) Sylvia Parsons of Conway, Massachusetts

Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American artist, 1813 – 1884) Drummer Boy

Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American artist, 1813 – 1884) Girl with Kitten

Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American artist, 1813 – 1884) Mrs Annis S Griffen

Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American artist, 1813 – 1884) Boy and his Dog

Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American artist, 1813 – 1884) Annis Griffen

Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American artist, 1813 – 1884) Harriet M Kendall 1845

Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American artist, 1813 – 1884) Charles H Sisson

Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American artist, 1813 – 1884) Small Boy with Dog