Fromkes, Maurice (1872-1931). Artist’s Success Abroad. Maurice Fromkes, First American Painter Honored By Vatican. He Invaded Paris, Too, and Painted a Portrait of the Head of the Greatest Art Firm... Read full biography
Fromkes, Maurice (1872-1931). Artist’s Success Abroad. Maurice Fromkes, First American Painter Honored By Vatican. He Invaded Paris, Too, and Painted a Portrait of the Head of the Greatest Art Firm of the French Capital--Studying Old Dutch Masters. From the New York Press. Although Fromkes was born... Read full biography
Fromkes, Maurice (1872-1931). Artist’s Success Abroad. Maurice Fromkes, First American Painter Honored By Vatican. He Invaded Paris, Too, and Painted a Portrait of the Head of the Greatest Art Firm of the French Capital--Studying Old Dutch Masters. From the New York Press. Although Fromkes was born in the city of Vilna, in Russia, he claims America as his country, partly for the reason he was brought to New York when he was still an infant, but principally because his heart is here. All of his... Read full biography
Fromkes, Maurice (1872-1931). Artist’s Success Abroad. Maurice Fromkes, First American Painter Honored By Vatican. He Invaded Paris, Too, and Painted a Portrait of the Head of the Greatest Art Firm of the French Capital--Studying Old Dutch Masters. From the New York Press. Although Fromkes was born in the city of Vilna, in Russia, he claims America as his country, partly for the reason he was brought to New York when he was still an infant, but principally because his heart is here. All of his first training in art came to him in the schools of the National Academy of Art, where he studied under Will H. Low, Edgar M. Ward and William M. Chase. But, unlike most pupils, he never absorbed any of his teachers’ mannerisms, for the reason he had... Read full biography
Fromkes, Maurice (1872-1931). Artist’s Success Abroad. Maurice Fromkes, First American Painter Honored By Vatican. He Invaded Paris, Too, and Painted a Portrait of the Head of the Greatest Art Firm of the French Capital--Studying Old Dutch Masters. From the New York Press. Although Fromkes was born in the city of Vilna, in Russia, he claims America as his country, partly for the reason he was brought to New York when he was still an infant, but principally because his heart is here. All of his first training in art came to him in the schools of the National Academy of Art, where he studied under Will H. Low, Edgar M. Ward and William M. Chase. But, unlike most pupils, he never absorbed any of his teachers’ mannerisms, for the reason he had something to say for himself. He began saying it in the schools, and he continued sayi... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (25)
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Salmagundi Club Painting Exhibition Records 1940-1951 and Water Color Exhibition Records 1900-1951
2009
Katlan, Alexander W.
623 pages
Loving Art: The William and Anna Singer Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2007
Schretien, Helen
224 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
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
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 Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
1989
Fresella-Lee, Nancy
222 pages (color)
Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists 1718-1918
1987
Mahe, John A. II; Rosanne McCaffrey (Editors)
464 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
Americans in the Arts 1890-1920
1985
Huneker, James G/Arnold Schwab
672 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Catalogue of American Painting
1981
San Diego Museum of Art
240 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)
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
One Hundred Contemporary American Jewish Painters and Sculptors
1947
Lozowick, Louis
207 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings & Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1933
Harshe, Robert (Introduction)
215 pages
A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One
1932
Hartmann, Sadekichi
363 pages
The History and Ideals of American Art
1931
Neuhaus, Eugen
444 pages
Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art (Exhibition catalog)