Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to... Read full biography
Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a... Read full biography
Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a... Read full biography
Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night... Read full biography
Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studi... Read full biography
Eugene Higgins - Artist Info
About Eugene Higgins: Books
Books & Publications (77)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Hartford Salmagundians: A Connecticut Art Society's Painting Exhibition Records 1929-1953
2013
Katlan, Alexander
98 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
Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925
2004
Dearinger, David B.
672 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum (2 Vols)
1996
Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin
877 pages (color)
American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists
1996
Shipp, Steve
159 pages
American Paintings at the High Museum of Art
1994
High Museum of Art
216 pages (color)
American Drawings and Watercolors from the Kansas City Region (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Adams, Henry (others)
495 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Etched, in Memory The Building and Survival of Artistic Reputation
1990
Lang, Gladys & Kurt
437 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988
Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy
376 pages (color)
American Masterworks on Paper 1800-1960
1988
Susan Sheehan Inc
104 pages
Collected Essays on 101 Art Works From the Permanent Collection, Wichita Art Musem
1988
Wooden, Howard E
212 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Americans in the Arts 1890-1920
1985
Huneker, James G/Arnold Schwab
672 pages
American Paintings (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Schwarz-Philadelphia
30 pages
American Painting and Sculpture A Concise History
1984
Baigell, Mathew
420 pages
American Reflections: Paintings 1830-1940 Pomona and Scripps Colleges, Claremont, California (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Kopitske, Christine (Editor)
144 pages (color)
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
Wall-to-Wall America A Cultural History of Post Office Murals
1982
Marling, Karal Ann
348 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981
Newark Museum
431 pages (color)
American Paintings (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Schwarz-Philadelphia
23 pages
Dictionary of American Art
1979
Baigell, Mathew
390 pages
American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources
1979
Doumato, Lamia
246 pages
The American Perspective (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Maurice Sternberg, Galleries
48 pages (color)
The Phillips Collection In the Making 1920-1930
1979
Phillips, Laughlin and Duncan
96 pages (color)
Academy The Academic Tradition in American Art
1978
Fink, Lois Marie
62 pages (color)
Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977
Barr, Alfred H
655 pages
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
American Master Drawings and Watercolors A History of Works on Paper
1976
Stebbins, Theodore E
464 pages (color)
American Art in the Barbizon Mood (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Bermingham, Peter
191 pages (color)
American Paintings in the High Museum of Art/Bicentenial Catalogue
1975
Chambers, Bruce W
127 pages (color)
Academy The Academic Tradition in American Art (Exhibition catalog)