HENRY BACON. Known for both his accurately painted genre scenes and his watercolor renderings of views of Normandy and Egypt, Henry Bacon was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1839. He served in... Read full biography
HENRY BACON. Known for both his accurately painted genre scenes and his watercolor renderings of views of Normandy and Egypt, Henry Bacon was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1839. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War, was badly wounded, and discharged so that he and his wife were... Read full biography
HENRY BACON. Known for both his accurately painted genre scenes and his watercolor renderings of views of Normandy and Egypt, Henry Bacon was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1839. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War, was badly wounded, and discharged so that he and his wife were able to travel to Paris in 1864. That October the two stayed in Brittany. Robert Wylie spotted the couple two years later in a restaurant and described Bacon as "a handsome fellow of about our age of... Read full biography
HENRY BACON. Known for both his accurately painted genre scenes and his watercolor renderings of views of Normandy and Egypt, Henry Bacon was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1839. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War, was badly wounded, and discharged so that he and his wife were able to travel to Paris in 1864. That October the two stayed in Brittany. Robert Wylie spotted the couple two years later in a restaurant and described Bacon as "a handsome fellow of about our age of twenty with long, dark hair and a generally artistic aspect." Bacon must have been well versed in the French language, history and culture, for he was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; one of his teachers there was Alexandre Cabanel. Moreover, he... Read full biography
HENRY BACON. Known for both his accurately painted genre scenes and his watercolor renderings of views of Normandy and Egypt, Henry Bacon was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1839. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War, was badly wounded, and discharged so that he and his wife were able to travel to Paris in 1864. That October the two stayed in Brittany. Robert Wylie spotted the couple two years later in a restaurant and described Bacon as "a handsome fellow of about our age of twenty with long, dark hair and a generally artistic aspect." Bacon must have been well versed in the French language, history and culture, for he was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; one of his teachers there was Alexandre Cabanel. Moreover, he rubbed shoulders with Thomas Eakins in Gérôme's atelier. At that time, Bacon earned money by writing "penny-a-liners" for Boston newspapers.... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (36)
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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
Master Pieces The Art History of Jigsaw Puzzles
1998
McCann, Chris (Author); Louis Darling (Illustrator)
223 pages (color)
Eyes of the Nation A Visual History of the United States
1997
Virga, Vincent/Alan Brinkley
400 pages (color)
Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Art and Collecting in America, Part Two
1997
Vose Galleries
35 pages (color)
European & American Painting Philadelphia Collection LIII (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Schwarz-Philadelphia
48 pages (color)
The Lure of Paris: Nineteenth-Century American Painters and Their French Teachers
1991
Weinberg, H Barbara
295 pages (color)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons
1990
Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface
430 pages (color)
Paris 1889 American Artists at the Universal Exposition (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Blaugrund, Annette
304 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Adventure and Inspiration American Artists in Other Lands (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Ward, Meredith (essay)
172 pages (color)
American Traditions in Watercolor Worcester Art Museum Collection
1987
Strickler, Susan (editor)
232 pages (color)
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)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Americans in Brittany and Normand 1868-1910 (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Sellin, David / J K Ballinger
229 pages (color)
The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874 (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III
325 pages (color)
The Boston Tradition: American Paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1980
Troyen, Carol
204 pages (color)
American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works
1979
Brooklyn Museum
133 pages (color)
The U S and the Impressionist Era (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Karlstrom, Paul
48 pages (color)
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
736 pages
Crocker Art Museum: Handbook of Paintings
1979
West, Richard (Essay); Alfred Neumeyer; Joseph A. Baird, Jr.
202 pages (color)
American Genre Painting in the Victorian Era (Exhibition catalog)
1978
Richards, Jane L
66 pages (color)
Mirror to the American Past A Survey of American Genre Painting 1750-1900
1978
Williams, Herman Warner Jr
248 pages (color)
Recent Ideals of Americn Art
1977
Sheldon, George William
176 pages
American Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings (A Catalogue to 1923)
1976
Flower, Dean/Francis Murphy
119 pages
The U S A A History in Art
1975
Smith, Bradley
296 pages (color)
The Painters' America Rural and Urban Life 1810-1910 (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Hills, Patricia
160 pages (color)
American Narrative Painting (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Hoopes, Donelson/Nancy Moure
192 pages (color)
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 pages
American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes)
1969
Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed)
600 pages (color)
The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957
Groce, George; David Wallace
759 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index