About John Quincy Adams

  • Biography

    The great grandson of the sixth President of the United States, artist John Quincy Adams, was known for his society portraits in pre-war Austria. The artist was a personal friend of Whistler, who was also a professional influence.

    John Quincy Adams (1874-1933) was the son of an American singer at the Vienna Court Opera, and was born in 1874 in Vienna. He spent his youth in the United States and returned to Vienna in 1891, where he attended the Academy of Fine Arts under S. L'Allemand and J.P. Eisenmenger from 1892-93.

    This period was followed by further studies at the Academy in Munich under Carl von Marr, the Académie Julian in Paris, and in London under James Whistler. In 1903 he became a member of the Vienna Kü...

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