Platt Powell Ryder

Place: Brunswick

Born: 1821

Death: 1896

Biography:

Platt Powell Ryder was an American painter born in Brunswick, Maine in 1821. He spent his youth working in his father's shoe store and drawing in his spare time. At age 25, he gave up his work in the store and sought art instruction in New Orleans. By 1850, he was back in Brooklyn, exhibiting his first portrait at an Academy Annual. Ryder was a genre and portrait painter, and a long-time active and respected member of the New York art community. He was a member of the National Academy of Design and exhibited regularly at the National Academy of Design Annuals. Ryder died in New York in 1896.