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Elijah Baxter Jr BIOGRAPHY
1849 Hyannis, Massachusetts - 1939 Newport, Rhode Island. Known for: Landscape, still life, figure, and marine painting.
Born to a family in Hyannis, Massachusetts where the father was in a struggling shipping business, Elijah Baxter is described as an artist who "remains among the most important Rhode Island painters... Read full biography
Born to a family in Hyannis, Massachusetts where the father was in a struggling shipping business, Elijah Baxter is described as an artist who "remains among the most important Rhode Island painters of his period, . " . He only had grade school education, and then moved to Providence, Rhode Island... Read full biography
Born to a family in Hyannis, Massachusetts where the father was in a struggling shipping business, Elijah Baxter is described as an artist who "remains among the most important Rhode Island painters of his period, . " . He only had grade school education, and then moved to Providence, Rhode Island where his father continued his line of work. Baxter took a job with Sackett and Davis as a jeweler, but the owner, Thomas Davis, diverted him from that line of work when he realized the young man's... Read full biography
Born to a family in Hyannis, Massachusetts where the father was in a struggling shipping business, Elijah Baxter is described as an artist who "remains among the most important Rhode Island painters of his period, . " . He only had grade school education, and then moved to Providence, Rhode Island where his father continued his line of work. Baxter took a job with Sackett and Davis as a jeweler, but the owner, Thomas Davis, diverted him from that line of work when he realized the young man's art talent. Davis then paid for Baxter to study with John Knowlton Arnold (1834-1909). Baxter was good at self promotion, and quickly became a part of the Providence art community, and even organized "a benefit to fund his own career and studio space."... Read full biography
Born to a family in Hyannis, Massachusetts where the father was in a struggling shipping business, Elijah Baxter is described as an artist who "remains among the most important Rhode Island painters of his period, . " . He only had grade school education, and then moved to Providence, Rhode Island where his father continued his line of work. Baxter took a job with Sackett and Davis as a jeweler, but the owner, Thomas Davis, diverted him from that line of work when he realized the young man's art talent. Davis then paid for Baxter to study with John Knowlton Arnold (1834-1909). Baxter was good at self promotion, and quickly became a part of the Providence art community, and even organized "a benefit to fund his own career and studio space." He sold his first paintings to the Mayor of Providence, Thomas Doyle, who then introdu... Read full biography
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Born to a family in Hyannis, Massachusetts where the father was in a struggling shipping business, Elijah Baxter is described as an artist who "remains among the most important Rhode Island painters of his period, ..."
He only had grade school education, and then moved to Providence, Rhode Island where his father continued his line of work. Baxter took a job with Sackett and Davis as a jeweler, but the owner, Thomas Davis, diverted him from that line of work when he realized the young man's art talent. Davis then paid for Baxter to study with John Knowlton Arnold (1834-1909).
Baxter was good at self promotion, and quickly became a part of the Providence art community, and even organiz...But wait, there's more...
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