Buried with wife Sarah Giddens Hewins and daughter Mary Hewins Fiske.
Also had a daughter named Isabel H. Hewins (married to Augustus Dunlop) and Matthew H. Hewins.
Philip Hewins was a portrait painter born in Blue Hills, ME. Some sources list his life span as 1806-1850.
From the book Arts and Artists in Connecticut by Harry Willard French:
The portrait-painter Hewins, who figured conspicuously in the art of Connecticut from 1834 to 1850, was born at Blue Hill, ME, in July, 1806. When two years of age he was taken by his parents to Sharon, Mass, about eighteen miles from Boston. He displayed the early propensities of the artist, but in youth entered into the dry-goods business in Boston and elsewhere, in which he made a remarkably successful beginning. While in Albany, having his portrait painted by one Reuben Roulery, he rediscovered his artistic ability, and studied under him a year, thereafter devoting himself to self-instruction and the practice of art. He came to Hartford in 1834, having already established for himself a name of importance in art. His first portrait in that city was of the Right Rev. T. H. Brownell, Bishop of Connecticut; followed soon by one of the Rev. Dr. Hawes, Mrs. Sigourney, Major George Goodwin, Hon. J. M. Niles, and others, fulling confirming his previous reputation, and giving him a popularity that held him in Hartford till his death, which occurred suddenly, May 15, 1850. For some time he was the first portrait-painter in Hartford, and gave lessons to many who have since gained high positions in art. But his attention was somewhat devoted to invention, and the mining projects of California, toward the latter part of this life, when his work became unequal and somewhat deteriorated. Before his work in portraiture, he painted five large scriptural pieces on seven-feet-by-nine canvases, which were first exhibited in the lecture-room of the Centre Church, Hartford, and very highly commended. He possessed a faculty of rapid execution, and gave evidence of brilliant genius. His touch was bold and free. His pictures indicate an excellent taste and feeling for color, and were often pronounced fine likenesses.
Also had a daughter named Isabel H. Hewins (married to Augustus Dunlop) and Matthew H. Hewins.
Philip Hewins was a portrait painter born in Blue Hills, ME. Some sources list his life span as 1806-1850.
From the book Arts and Artists in Connecticut by Harry Willard French:
The portrait-painter Hewins, who figured conspicuously in the art of Connecticut from 1834 to 1850, was born at Blue Hill, ME, in July, 1806. When two years of age he was taken by his parents to Sharon, Mass, about eighteen miles from Boston. He displayed the early propensities of the artist, but in youth entered into the dry-goods business in Boston and elsewhere, in which he made a remarkably successful beginning. While in Albany, having his portrait painted by one Reuben Roulery, he rediscovered his artistic ability, and studied under him a year, thereafter devoting himself to self-instruction and the practice of art. He came to Hartford in 1834, having already established for himself a name of importance in art. His first portrait in that city was of the Right Rev. T. H. Brownell, Bishop of Connecticut; followed soon by one of the Rev. Dr. Hawes, Mrs. Sigourney, Major George Goodwin, Hon. J. M. Niles, and others, fulling confirming his previous reputation, and giving him a popularity that held him in Hartford till his death, which occurred suddenly, May 15, 1850. For some time he was the first portrait-painter in Hartford, and gave lessons to many who have since gained high positions in art. But his attention was somewhat devoted to invention, and the mining projects of California, toward the latter part of this life, when his work became unequal and somewhat deteriorated. Before his work in portraiture, he painted five large scriptural pieces on seven-feet-by-nine canvases, which were first exhibited in the lecture-room of the Centre Church, Hartford, and very highly commended. He possessed a faculty of rapid execution, and gave evidence of brilliant genius. His touch was bold and free. His pictures indicate an excellent taste and feeling for color, and were often pronounced fine likenesses.
Buried with wife Sarah Giddens Hewins and daughter Mary Hewins Fiske.
Also had a daughter named Isabel H. Hewins (married to Augustus Dunlop) and Matthew H. Hewins.
Philip Hewins was a portrait painter born in Blue Hills, ME. Some sources list his life span as 1806-1850.
From the book Arts and Artists in Connecticut by Harry Willard French:
The portrait-painter Hewins, who figured conspicuously in the art of Connecticut from 1834 to 1850, was born at Blue Hill, ME, in July, 1806. When two years of age he was taken by his parents to Sharon, Mass, about eighteen miles from Boston. He displayed the early propensities of the artist, but in youth entered into the dry-goods business in Boston and elsewhere, in which he made a remarkably successful beginning. While in Albany, having his portrait painted by one Reuben Roulery, he rediscovered his artistic ability, and studied under him a year, thereafter devoting himself to self-instruction and the practice of art. He came to Hartford in 1834, having already established for himself a name of importance in art. His first portrait in that city was of the Right Rev. T. H. Brownell, Bishop of Connecticut; followed soon by one of the Rev. Dr. Hawes, Mrs. Sigourney, Major George Goodwin, Hon. J. M. Niles, and others, fulling confirming his previous reputation, and giving him a popularity that held him in Hartford till his death, which occurred suddenly, May 15, 1850. For some time he was the first portrait-painter in Hartford, and gave lessons to many who have since gained high positions in art. But his attention was somewhat devoted to invention, and the mining projects of California, toward the latter part of this life, when his work became unequal and somewhat deteriorated. Before his work in portraiture, he painted five large scriptural pieces on seven-feet-by-nine canvases, which were first exhibited in the lecture-room of the Centre Church, Hartford, and very highly commended. He possessed a faculty of rapid execution, and gave evidence of brilliant genius. His touch was bold and free. His pictures indicate an excellent taste and feeling for color, and were often pronounced fine likenesses.
Also had a daughter named Isabel H. Hewins (married to Augustus Dunlop) and Matthew H. Hewins.
Philip Hewins was a portrait painter born in Blue Hills, ME. Some sources list his life span as 1806-1850.
From the book Arts and Artists in Connecticut by Harry Willard French:
The portrait-painter Hewins, who figured conspicuously in the art of Connecticut from 1834 to 1850, was born at Blue Hill, ME, in July, 1806. When two years of age he was taken by his parents to Sharon, Mass, about eighteen miles from Boston. He displayed the early propensities of the artist, but in youth entered into the dry-goods business in Boston and elsewhere, in which he made a remarkably successful beginning. While in Albany, having his portrait painted by one Reuben Roulery, he rediscovered his artistic ability, and studied under him a year, thereafter devoting himself to self-instruction and the practice of art. He came to Hartford in 1834, having already established for himself a name of importance in art. His first portrait in that city was of the Right Rev. T. H. Brownell, Bishop of Connecticut; followed soon by one of the Rev. Dr. Hawes, Mrs. Sigourney, Major George Goodwin, Hon. J. M. Niles, and others, fulling confirming his previous reputation, and giving him a popularity that held him in Hartford till his death, which occurred suddenly, May 15, 1850. For some time he was the first portrait-painter in Hartford, and gave lessons to many who have since gained high positions in art. But his attention was somewhat devoted to invention, and the mining projects of California, toward the latter part of this life, when his work became unequal and somewhat deteriorated. Before his work in portraiture, he painted five large scriptural pieces on seven-feet-by-nine canvases, which were first exhibited in the lecture-room of the Centre Church, Hartford, and very highly commended. He possessed a faculty of rapid execution, and gave evidence of brilliant genius. His touch was bold and free. His pictures indicate an excellent taste and feeling for color, and were often pronounced fine likenesses.
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