William P. Babcock

Place: Boston

Born: 1826

Death: 1899

Biography:

William P. Babcock was an American 19th Century painter who was born in 1826. He studied painting with Thomas Couture in Paris beginning in 1847 and was the first American artist to befriend the Barbizon painter Jean François Millet. Babcock's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with prices ranging from $1,000 to $100,000.