The following was submitted by Peter Paulus:. Leon A. Makielski was born in Morris Run, Pennsylvania in 1885 and grew up in . South Bend, Indiana. In the early 1900's he studied at the Art Institute... Read full biography
The following was submitted by Peter Paulus:. Leon A. Makielski was born in Morris Run, Pennsylvania in 1885 and grew up in . South Bend, Indiana. In the early 1900's he studied at the Art Institute of . Chicago where by 1908 he became an instructor and was awarded the Institute's highest honor,... Read full biography
The following was submitted by Peter Paulus:. Leon A. Makielski was born in Morris Run, Pennsylvania in 1885 and grew up in . South Bend, Indiana. In the early 1900's he studied at the Art Institute of . Chicago where by 1908 he became an instructor and was awarded the Institute's highest honor, the John Quincy Adams Traveling Scholarship. For the next four years Makielski studied in Paris and its environs. He was enrolled in the Academie Julian and the Grand Chaumiere both in Paris. He was a... Read full biography
The following was submitted by Peter Paulus:. Leon A. Makielski was born in Morris Run, Pennsylvania in 1885 and grew up in . South Bend, Indiana. In the early 1900's he studied at the Art Institute of . Chicago where by 1908 he became an instructor and was awarded the Institute's highest honor, the John Quincy Adams Traveling Scholarship. For the next four years Makielski studied in Paris and its environs. He was enrolled in the Academie Julian and the Grand Chaumiere both in Paris. He was a pupil of Henri Martin, Richard Miller, Lucien Simon and R. Menard. He exhibited in the Paris Salons of 1910 and 1911 and spent much of his time painting the countryside around Paris, especially Giverny and Versailles. "Undins's Pool", "Luxembourg... Read full biography
The following was submitted by Peter Paulus:. Leon A. Makielski was born in Morris Run, Pennsylvania in 1885 and grew up in . South Bend, Indiana. In the early 1900's he studied at the Art Institute of . Chicago where by 1908 he became an instructor and was awarded the Institute's highest honor, the John Quincy Adams Traveling Scholarship. For the next four years Makielski studied in Paris and its environs. He was enrolled in the Academie Julian and the Grand Chaumiere both in Paris. He was a pupil of Henri Martin, Richard Miller, Lucien Simon and R. Menard. He exhibited in the Paris Salons of 1910 and 1911 and spent much of his time painting the countryside around Paris, especially Giverny and Versailles. "Undins's Pool", "Luxembourg Palace" and "Wildflowers, Giverny" are wonderful examples of his work during this period. William Gerdts cites Makielski in Monet... Read full biography
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The Art of Oregon: Influence of Eagle's Nest Art Colony and Rediscovered Collection They Left Behind
2016
Simeone, Beth Baker (Author); Bob Logsdon, (Photography; Coleen Logsdon, (Design)
180 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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
A Grand Tradition: The Art and Artists of the Hoosier Salon, 1925-1990
1993
Newton, Judith/Carol Weiss
479 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Eagle's Nest Art Colony Collection: Arts Aliance Ogle County
1982
Madden, Betty; Larry Emmons (Foreward)
59 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
First National Exhibition of American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1936
Breckinridge, Mrs. (essay)
32 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index