Edmund Elisha Case, 1844-1919, lived in the Springfield, Massachusetts area most of his life, and painted mainly in New England, from Cape Ann to the Berkshires. Like William Merritt Post in... Read full biography
Edmund Elisha Case, 1844-1919, lived in the Springfield, Massachusetts area most of his life, and painted mainly in New England, from Cape Ann to the Berkshires. Like William Merritt Post in Connecticut, he was especially taken with warm and colorful autumn landscapes, and works of his mature years... Read full biography
Edmund Elisha Case, 1844-1919, lived in the Springfield, Massachusetts area most of his life, and painted mainly in New England, from Cape Ann to the Berkshires. Like William Merritt Post in Connecticut, he was especially taken with warm and colorful autumn landscapes, and works of his mature years became quite appealingly Impressionist in their freedom of brushwork and palette. Case was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and orphaned at an early age, he was raised in Springfield, Massachusetts by... Read full biography
Edmund Elisha Case, 1844-1919, lived in the Springfield, Massachusetts area most of his life, and painted mainly in New England, from Cape Ann to the Berkshires. Like William Merritt Post in Connecticut, he was especially taken with warm and colorful autumn landscapes, and works of his mature years became quite appealingly Impressionist in their freedom of brushwork and palette. Case was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and orphaned at an early age, he was raised in Springfield, Massachusetts by his guardian, Mr. Gleason. Case enlisted in the Navy during the Civil War, but his ship was captured at Stony Inlet, South Carolina, and he was held at Libby Prison for several months before being exchanged back north. He then studied at the National... Read full biography
Edmund Elisha Case, 1844-1919, lived in the Springfield, Massachusetts area most of his life, and painted mainly in New England, from Cape Ann to the Berkshires. Like William Merritt Post in Connecticut, he was especially taken with warm and colorful autumn landscapes, and works of his mature years became quite appealingly Impressionist in their freedom of brushwork and palette. Case was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and orphaned at an early age, he was raised in Springfield, Massachusetts by his guardian, Mr. Gleason. Case enlisted in the Navy during the Civil War, but his ship was captured at Stony Inlet, South Carolina, and he was held at Libby Prison for several months before being exchanged back north. He then studied at the National Academy of Design in New York and with Joseph O Eaton in his studio, probably in 1864-65, and in Paris with Bouguereau and Fleury prob... Read full biography
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About Edmund Case: Books
Books & Publications (9)
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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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
Museum of Fine Arts The American and European Collections
1979
Springfield Library & Museum
216 pages (color)
American Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings (A Catalogue to 1923)
1976
Flower, Dean/Francis Murphy
119 pages
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)