Asahel Lynde Powers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAsahel Lynde Powers
American painter
Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1813
Place of Birth: Springfield, Vermont, United States
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: painter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Asahel Lynde Powers
- Asahel Lynde Powers (February 28, 1813 - 1843) was an American painter active in New England. Powers was born in Springfield, Vermont, and began his career as an itinerant artist at an early age.
- At 18 years old, Powers was already well-known.
- The first portrait attributed to him is of Dr.
- Joel Green from Rutland, Vermont, dated 1831, now on display in the Springfield Art and Historical Society.
- Like many contemporary paintings, Powers' early works were oil on wood panel.
- During the 1830s, Powers traveled through Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
- From 1839-1841 he worked in New York's Clinton and Franklin counties.
- In the early 1840s, he moved to Olney, Illinois.
- There are no known works from his time in Illinois, where he died in 1843.
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