Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Birge Harrison has been described as one of America's leading tonalist painters. His specialties became moonlit landscapes, pueblos, and Indian genre, but unlike... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Birge Harrison has been described as one of America's leading tonalist painters. His specialties became moonlit landscapes, pueblos, and Indian genre, but unlike many of his Impressionist contemporaries, who liked to paint "en plein air," he painted from memory... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Birge Harrison has been described as one of America's leading tonalist painters. His specialties became moonlit landscapes, pueblos, and Indian genre, but unlike many of his Impressionist contemporaries, who liked to paint "en plein air," he painted from memory and preferred a muted palette. He was one of the first generation of painters and teachers in the Woodstock, New York art colony, which under his influence became a center of Tonalist-style painting.... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Birge Harrison has been described as one of America's leading tonalist painters. His specialties became moonlit landscapes, pueblos, and Indian genre, but unlike many of his Impressionist contemporaries, who liked to paint "en plein air," he painted from memory and preferred a muted palette. He was one of the first generation of painters and teachers in the Woodstock, New York art colony, which under his influence became a center of Tonalist-style painting. He also became a part of the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, affiliated with the Arts and Crafts Movement. In the 1880s, he did illustrations for Scribner's, magazine, which sent him on travels around the world. He first enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Birge Harrison has been described as one of America's leading tonalist painters. His specialties became moonlit landscapes, pueblos, and Indian genre, but unlike many of his Impressionist contemporaries, who liked to paint "en plein air," he painted from memory and preferred a muted palette. He was one of the first generation of painters and teachers in the Woodstock, New York art colony, which under his influence became a center of Tonalist-style painting. He also became a part of the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, affiliated with the Arts and Crafts Movement. In the 1880s, he did illustrations for Scribner's, magazine, which sent him on travels around the world. He first enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and advised by John Singer Sargent, went to Paris in 1875. He studied at the Ec... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (79)
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A History of American Tonalism
2010
Cleveland, David Adams
592 pages (color)
Helen M. Kroeger & Otto J. Kurth The Anchorage Studio and Peconic Bay Impressionism
2010
Terry Wallace
130 pages (color)
Woodstock History and Hearsay (Second Edition)
2006
Smith, Anita M
335 pages (color)
Caroline M. Bell and the Peconic Bay Impressionists
2006
Wallace, Terry
188 pages (color)
New Hope for American Art A Comprehensive Showing of Important 20th Century Paintings from and Surrounding the New Hope Art Colony
2005
Alterman, James M.
612 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Poetic Vision: American Tonalism (Spanierman Galleries, LLC.) (Exhibition catalog)
2005
Sessions, Ralph (Intro); Nicolai Cikovsky, Ellen Denker, et all
200 pages (color)
Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925
2004
Dearinger, David B.
672 pages (color)
Dreams and Dramas: Moonlight and Twilight in American Art (Hollis Taggart Galleries) (Exhibition catalog)