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1878 San Francisco, California - 1949 New York City. Known for: Classical figure and portrait sculpture.
Robert Ingersoll Aitken. 1878 - 1949. place of birth: United States of America , San Francisco. place of death: United States of America , New York. Remarks: ?ANA 1909; NA 1914 . Robert Aitken... Read full biography
Robert Ingersoll Aitken. 1878 - 1949. place of birth: United States of America , San Francisco. place of death: United States of America , New York. Remarks: ?ANA 1909; NA 1914 . Robert Aitken attended San Francisco's Mark Hopkins Institute of Art where he studied sculpture with Douglas Tilden and... Read full biography
Robert Ingersoll Aitken. 1878 - 1949. place of birth: United States of America , San Francisco. place of death: United States of America , New York. Remarks: ?ANA 1909; NA 1914 . Robert Aitken attended San Francisco's Mark Hopkins Institute of Art where he studied sculpture with Douglas Tilden and drawing with Arthur Mathews. At the age of eighteen, he opened his own studio in the city. He went to Paris in 1895, but deciding that the influence of the French was not beneficial for American... Read full biography
Robert Ingersoll Aitken. 1878 - 1949. place of birth: United States of America , San Francisco. place of death: United States of America , New York. Remarks: ?ANA 1909; NA 1914 . Robert Aitken attended San Francisco's Mark Hopkins Institute of Art where he studied sculpture with Douglas Tilden and drawing with Arthur Mathews. At the age of eighteen, he opened his own studio in the city. He went to Paris in 1895, but deciding that the influence of the French was not beneficial for American artists, returned to the United States having stayed only three months. Aitken's first major commissions included a bronze monument to Bret Harte which the young sculptor executed for San Francisco's Bohemian Club, an organization that was to give him... Read full biography
Robert Ingersoll Aitken. 1878 - 1949. place of birth: United States of America , San Francisco. place of death: United States of America , New York. Remarks: ?ANA 1909; NA 1914 . Robert Aitken attended San Francisco's Mark Hopkins Institute of Art where he studied sculpture with Douglas Tilden and drawing with Arthur Mathews. At the age of eighteen, he opened his own studio in the city. He went to Paris in 1895, but deciding that the influence of the French was not beneficial for American artists, returned to the United States having stayed only three months. Aitken's first major commissions included a bronze monument to Bret Harte which the young sculptor executed for San Francisco's Bohemian Club, an organization that was to give him encouragement and patronage for the rest of his life. His first public exhibition was held at the Club's headquarters in 1896.... Read full biography
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Robert Ingersoll Aitken
1878 - 1949
place of birth: United States of America , San Francisco
place of death: United States of America , New York
Remarks: ?ANA 1909; NA 1914
Robert Aitken attended San Francisco's Mark Hopkins Institute of Art where he studied sculpture with Douglas Tilden and drawing with Arthur Mathews. At the age of eighteen, he opened his own studio in the city. He went to Paris in 1895, but deciding that the influence of the French was not beneficial for American artists, returned to the United States having stayed only three months.
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