Russell Sturgis
Russell Sturgis was an American architect and art critic
of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1870.
Sturgis was born in Baltimore County, Maryland. His parents were Russell Sturgis, a New York shipping merchant living temporarily in Baltimore, and Margaret Dawes Sturgis.
His paternal grandparents were Thomas Sturgis, who served as a Private in Captain Micah Hamlin's Company, Colonel Simeon Cary's Regiment and was the younger brother of the merchant Russell Sturgis, and Elizabeth Sturgis. Sturgis is, therefore, a second cousin to the merchant and banker Russell Sturgis.
Educated in the public schools of New York City, Sturgis was graduated from the Free Academy in New York in 1856, and later studied architecture under Leopold Eidlitz. For about a year and a half he also studied in Munich. In 1862 he returned to the United States. He was associated with Peter Bonnett Wight from 1863 to 1868 and then practiced alone until 1880.
of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1870.
Sturgis was born in Baltimore County, Maryland. His parents were Russell Sturgis, a New York shipping merchant living temporarily in Baltimore, and Margaret Dawes Sturgis.
His paternal grandparents were Thomas Sturgis, who served as a Private in Captain Micah Hamlin's Company, Colonel Simeon Cary's Regiment and was the younger brother of the merchant Russell Sturgis, and Elizabeth Sturgis. Sturgis is, therefore, a second cousin to the merchant and banker Russell Sturgis.
Educated in the public schools of New York City, Sturgis was graduated from the Free Academy in New York in 1856, and later studied architecture under Leopold Eidlitz. For about a year and a half he also studied in Munich. In 1862 he returned to the United States. He was associated with Peter Bonnett Wight from 1863 to 1868 and then practiced alone until 1880.
