1. Morgan Colt was an American metalworker, furniture craftsman, impressionist painter, and architect.
19 Facts About Morgan Colt
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Morgan Colt's father was a member of the Colt gun manufacturing family.
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Morgan Colt attended the School of Architecture at Columbia University, graduating in 1901.
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Morgan Colt studied art at the Academie Julian in Paris and with painter William Langson Lathrop in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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Morgan Colt designed a house in New Hope, Pennsylvania for Robert W Welsh.
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Morgan Colt designed an Episcopal Community Center in Wrightstown, Pennsylvania.
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Morgan Colt was influenced by William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement in England, and began designing and making wood and iron furniture using traditional techniques.
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Morgan Colt added a gatehouse cottage which connected to a large Medieval iron gate and gateway at the front of his property, followed by a stable.
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Morgan Colt built his Gothic Revival style artist studio where he painted.
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Morgan Colt sold custom-order fireplace implements, folding screens, lighting, and metal trays.
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Morgan Colt's workers were batiks, handweavers, picture framers, and rug makers.
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In 1916, Morgan Colt joined William Langson Lathrop, Rae Sloan Bredin, Daniel Garber, Charles Rosen, and Robert Spencer to form The New Hope Group.
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Morgan Colt exhibited with the New Hope Group in 1916 and 1917 at the Arlington Gallery in New York City, Carnegie Institute, Cincinnati Art Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Detroit Institute of Art.
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Morgan Colt exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and Phillips Mill.
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In 1902, Morgan Colt married Jane Boudinot Keith, a preacher's daughter from Onteora, New York, and descendant of Elias Boudinot, a French Huguenot who was president of the Continental Congress.
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Around 1912, they moved to New Hope, Pennsylvania, so Morgan Colt could dedicate his time to art.
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Morgan Colt built a houseboat, the Deewaydin, planning to live on it on the Delaware Canal.
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Morgan Colt was a member of the Boston Art Club, the New York Society of Craftsmen, the New York Yacht Club, the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and the Salmagundi Club.
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In 1926, Morgan Colt died of apoplexy at the Art Colony at New Hope, Pennsylvania at the age of 49 years.