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John Crook BIOGRAPHY
1857 Illinois - 1924 Portland, Oregon. Known for: Landscape.
Born in Illinois on March 24, 1857. Crook studied at the AIC and taught art in Chicago for more than ten years. He further studied at the Royal Academy in Berlin. By 1903 he had settled in Portland,... Read full biography
Born in Illinois on March 24, 1857. Crook studied at the AIC and taught art in Chicago for more than ten years. He further studied at the Royal Academy in Berlin. By 1903 he had settled in Portland, OR; however, he made painting excursions to northern California, Washington, Canada, and Mexico.... Read full biography
Born in Illinois on March 24, 1857. Crook studied at the AIC and taught art in Chicago for more than ten years. He further studied at the Royal Academy in Berlin. By 1903 he had settled in Portland, OR; however, he made painting excursions to northern California, Washington, Canada, and Mexico. Although he worked in oil early in his career, he abandoned that medium for watercolor. A landscape painter, his works are distinguished by fogs and opalescent hues of hazy mornings and late afternoons.... Read full biography
Born in Illinois on March 24, 1857. Crook studied at the AIC and taught art in Chicago for more than ten years. He further studied at the Royal Academy in Berlin. By 1903 he had settled in Portland, OR; however, he made painting excursions to northern California, Washington, Canada, and Mexico. Although he worked in oil early in his career, he abandoned that medium for watercolor. A landscape painter, his works are distinguished by fogs and opalescent hues of hazy mornings and late afternoons. He died in Portland on Oct. 24, 1924. Member: Society of Oregon Artists; Pacific Art League. Exh: Painters of the Pacific NW, Portland Museum, 1915, 1920, 1922, 1925; Oakland Art Gallery, 1928. In: Oregon Historical Society. Source: Edan Hughes,... Read full biography
Born in Illinois on March 24, 1857. Crook studied at the AIC and taught art in Chicago for more than ten years. He further studied at the Royal Academy in Berlin. By 1903 he had settled in Portland, OR; however, he made painting excursions to northern California, Washington, Canada, and Mexico. Although he worked in oil early in his career, he abandoned that medium for watercolor. A landscape painter, his works are distinguished by fogs and opalescent hues of hazy mornings and late afternoons. He died in Portland on Oct. 24, 1924. Member: Society of Oregon Artists; Pacific Art League. Exh: Painters of the Pacific NW, Portland Museum, 1915, 1920, 1922, 1925; Oakland Art Gallery, 1928. In: Oregon Historical Society. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Death record; Oregonian, 10-8-1924 (obituary). Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California
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Born in Illinois on March 24, 1857. Crook studied at the AIC and taught art in Chicago for more than ten years. He further studied at the Royal Academy in Berlin. By 1903 he had settled in Portland, OR; however, he made painting excursions to northern California, Washington, Canada, and Mexico. Although he worked in oil early in his career, he abandoned that medium for watercolor. A landscape painter, his works are distinguished by fogs and opalescent hues of hazy mornings and late afternoons. He died in Portland on Oct. 24, 1924. Member: Society of Oregon Artists; Pacific Art League. Exh: Painters of the Pacific NW, Portland Museum, 1915, 1920, 1922, 1925; Oakland Art Gallery, 1928. In: Oregon Historical Society.
Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Death record; Oregonian, 10-8-1924 (obituary).
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