Born near Rochester, New York, Percy Ives became a portrait painter and teacher. His father, Lewis Thomas Ives, was also a portrait painter and a teacher of his son. Percy Ives studied at the... Read full biography
Born near Rochester, New York, Percy Ives became a portrait painter and teacher. His father, Lewis Thomas Ives, was also a portrait painter and a teacher of his son. Percy Ives studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts* in 1882, and in Paris from 1884 to 1890 at the Academy Julian*. Among... Read full biography
Born near Rochester, New York, Percy Ives became a portrait painter and teacher. His father, Lewis Thomas Ives, was also a portrait painter and a teacher of his son. Percy Ives studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts* in 1882, and in Paris from 1884 to 1890 at the Academy Julian*. Among his teachers in Paris were Jean Leon Gerome and Gustave Boulanger. Returning to America, Percy Ives married Elsie Caron, a still-life painter, and established a career as a portrait painter and art... Read full biography
Born near Rochester, New York, Percy Ives became a portrait painter and teacher. His father, Lewis Thomas Ives, was also a portrait painter and a teacher of his son. Percy Ives studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts* in 1882, and in Paris from 1884 to 1890 at the Academy Julian*. Among his teachers in Paris were Jean Leon Gerome and Gustave Boulanger. Returning to America, Percy Ives married Elsie Caron, a still-life painter, and established a career as a portrait painter and art educator, settling in Detroit where his father had his studio. Like his father he painted subjects that were often prominent people including Grover Cleveland, a portrait begun by Lewis Thomas Ives and left unfinished by his death, and poet Walt Whitman.... Read full biography
Born near Rochester, New York, Percy Ives became a portrait painter and teacher. His father, Lewis Thomas Ives, was also a portrait painter and a teacher of his son. Percy Ives studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts* in 1882, and in Paris from 1884 to 1890 at the Academy Julian*. Among his teachers in Paris were Jean Leon Gerome and Gustave Boulanger. Returning to America, Percy Ives married Elsie Caron, a still-life painter, and established a career as a portrait painter and art educator, settling in Detroit where his father had his studio. Like his father he painted subjects that were often prominent people including Grover Cleveland, a portrait begun by Lewis Thomas Ives and left unfinished by his death, and poet Walt Whitman. In 1890, Percy Ives became Dean of the Detroit Museum Art School. He also designed the of... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (18)
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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
Revisiting the White City American Art at the 1893 World's Fair (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Carr, Carolyn K
408 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)
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Artists in Michigan 1900-1976 A Biographical Dictionary, Wayne State University
1989
Barrie, Dennis
240 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Artists of Michigan from The Nineteenth Century (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Sweeney, J Gray
215 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
Artists of Early Michigan A Biographical Dictionary of Artists Native To or Active in Michigan 1701-1900
1975
Gibson, Arthur Hopkin
250 pages
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 pages
Biographical Sketches of American Artists
1972
Earle, Helen L
370 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art (Exhibition catalog)
1904
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Editor)
281 pages
Report of the Pan-American Exposition Commission for the State of Michigan