1860 Champaign City, Illinois - 1889 Portland, Oregon. Known for: Riverine landscape, genre.
Illustrator, painter. Born in Champaign City, IL in 1860. Espey came to San Francisco in the 1870s and studied at the School of Design under Williams and Yelland. He continued in Paris at Académie...
Read full biography Illustrator, painter. Born in Champaign City, IL in 1860. Espey came to San Francisco in the 1870s and studied at the School of Design under Williams and Yelland. He continued in Paris at Académie Julian in 1881. After his studies abroad, he settled in Portland, OR where he was active in the local...
Read full biography Illustrator, painter. Born in Champaign City, IL in 1860. Espey came to San Francisco in the 1870s and studied at the School of Design under Williams and Yelland. He continued in Paris at Académie Julian in 1881. After his studies abroad, he settled in Portland, OR where he was active in the local art scene. A landscape painter, he had just begun to do some of his finest work when tuberculosis ended his life at age 29. Exh: Mechanics' Fair (Portland), 1880; Paris Salon, 1881, 1885; Portland Art...
Read full biography Illustrator, painter. Born in Champaign City, IL in 1860. Espey came to San Francisco in the 1870s and studied at the School of Design under Williams and Yelland. He continued in Paris at Académie Julian in 1881. After his studies abroad, he settled in Portland, OR where he was active in the local art scene. A landscape painter, he had just begun to do some of his finest work when tuberculosis ended his life at age 29. Exh: Mechanics' Fair (Portland), 1880; Paris Salon, 1881, 1885; Portland Art Club, 1886. In: Multnomah Co. (OR) Library. Oregon Painters 1859-1959. Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information
Illustrator, painter. Born in Champaign City, IL in 1860. Espey came to San Francisco in the 1870s and studied at the School of Design under Williams and Yelland. He continued in Paris at Académie Julian in 1881. After his studies abroad, he settled in Portland, OR where he was active in the local art scene. A landscape painter, he had just begun to do some of his finest work when tuberculosis ended his life at age 29. Exh: Mechanics' Fair (Portland), 1880; Paris Salon, 1881, 1885; Portland Art Club, 1886. In: Multnomah Co. (OR) Library. Oregon Painters 1859-1959. Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.