Brief Biography-Washington Allston was from South Carolina in the United States of America. After graduating from Harvard University, he went to London to study at the Royal Academy when he was twenty-one. He studied the art of Paris and Italy, and in 1909 he married Ann Channing. They lived in London until 1815 when Ann sadly died. Allston moved back to America, settled in Boston, Massachusetts, and became a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts. He lived there for the remainder of his life. Allston became the prime Romantic artist in the United States. He was also a successful poet and author who wrote much about art. Italian art and biblical themes influenced his style. In America, his art had a lasting impact on the form of American Landscape Painting. He died in Boston in 1843.