The following quotations, by and about the artist, are excerpted from an undated article, "Artists at Home", by Richard Norris Brooke in the Times Daily (location not given). Edith Brooke Robertson,... Read full biography
The following quotations, by and about the artist, are excerpted from an undated article, "Artists at Home", by Richard Norris Brooke in the Times Daily (location not given). Edith Brooke Robertson, great niece of the artist, submitted the information. The artist, who kept a record of everything he... Read full biography
The following quotations, by and about the artist, are excerpted from an undated article, "Artists at Home", by Richard Norris Brooke in the Times Daily (location not given). Edith Brooke Robertson, great niece of the artist, submitted the information. The artist, who kept a record of everything he ever painted with dates, place, and sales record, is described as "a slender man, of infinitely refined manner and bearing, with a quiet voice and unmistakable conviction of truth in every spoken... Read full biography
The following quotations, by and about the artist, are excerpted from an undated article, "Artists at Home", by Richard Norris Brooke in the Times Daily (location not given). Edith Brooke Robertson, great niece of the artist, submitted the information. The artist, who kept a record of everything he ever painted with dates, place, and sales record, is described as "a slender man, of infinitely refined manner and bearing, with a quiet voice and unmistakable conviction of truth in every spoken word." His studio was "an immaculate room, the almost fastidious neatness of the man himself, the sensitive, large white hands that gleamed in the half light, told almost as much of the inner man as any careful study." He was 67 years old, but "his... Read full biography
The following quotations, by and about the artist, are excerpted from an undated article, "Artists at Home", by Richard Norris Brooke in the Times Daily (location not given). Edith Brooke Robertson, great niece of the artist, submitted the information. The artist, who kept a record of everything he ever painted with dates, place, and sales record, is described as "a slender man, of infinitely refined manner and bearing, with a quiet voice and unmistakable conviction of truth in every spoken word." His studio was "an immaculate room, the almost fastidious neatness of the man himself, the sensitive, large white hands that gleamed in the half light, told almost as much of the inner man as any careful study." He was 67 years old, but "his laugh was as spontaneous and infectious as a young boy's." . Of his life he said: "I was born in War... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (25)
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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
Old Virginia: The Pursuit of a Pastoral Ideal
2003
Rasmussen, William M.S.; Robert S. Tilton
252 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Artists of Washington DC 1796-1996
1996
McMahan, Virgil E
240 pages
Virginia Visions: Selections from the Collection of Robert M Hicklin
1995
Kelly, James C
0 pages
Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory The Civil War in Art
1993
Holzer, Harold/Mark E Neely Jr
336 pages (color)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
Facing History The Black Image in American Art 1710-1940 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
McElroy, Guy C
190 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Falk, Peter Hastings
472 pages
Domestic Bliss Family Life in American Painting 1840-1910 (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Edwards, Lee M; Jan Seidler Ramirez; Timothy Anglin Burgard
160 pages (color)
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 Capital Image Painters in Washington 1800-1915 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Cosentino, Andrew; Henry H. Glassie
280 pages (color)
Painting in the South: 1564-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Virginia Museum, Richmond
362 pages (color)
Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist
1983
Wright, R Lewis
200 pages
Of Time and Place American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Nygren, Edward/Julie R Myers
196 pages (color)
Mirror to the American Past A Survey of American Genre Painting 1750-1900
1978
Williams, Herman Warner Jr
248 pages (color)
Art in the United States Capitol
1976
Editor for Architect of the Capitol
0 pages (color)
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Art and Artists of the Capitol of the United States of America
1927
Fairman, Charles E
0 pages
Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit