Robert Ingersoll Aitken. 1878 - 1949. place of birth: United States of America , San Francisco. place of death: United States of America , New York. Remarks: ?ANA 1909; NA 1914 . Robert Aitken... Read full biography
Robert Ingersoll Aitken. 1878 - 1949. place of birth: United States of America , San Francisco. place of death: United States of America , New York. Remarks: ?ANA 1909; NA 1914 . Robert Aitken attended San Francisco's Mark Hopkins Institute of Art where he studied sculpture with Douglas Tilden and... Read full biography
Robert Ingersoll Aitken. 1878 - 1949. place of birth: United States of America , San Francisco. place of death: United States of America , New York. Remarks: ?ANA 1909; NA 1914 . Robert Aitken attended San Francisco's Mark Hopkins Institute of Art where he studied sculpture with Douglas Tilden and drawing with Arthur Mathews. At the age of eighteen, he opened his own studio in the city. He went to Paris in 1895, but deciding that the influence of the French was not beneficial for American... Read full biography
Robert Ingersoll Aitken. 1878 - 1949. place of birth: United States of America , San Francisco. place of death: United States of America , New York. Remarks: ?ANA 1909; NA 1914 . Robert Aitken attended San Francisco's Mark Hopkins Institute of Art where he studied sculpture with Douglas Tilden and drawing with Arthur Mathews. At the age of eighteen, he opened his own studio in the city. He went to Paris in 1895, but deciding that the influence of the French was not beneficial for American artists, returned to the United States having stayed only three months. Aitken's first major commissions included a bronze monument to Bret Harte which the young sculptor executed for San Francisco's Bohemian Club, an organization that was to give him... Read full biography
Robert Ingersoll Aitken. 1878 - 1949. place of birth: United States of America , San Francisco. place of death: United States of America , New York. Remarks: ?ANA 1909; NA 1914 . Robert Aitken attended San Francisco's Mark Hopkins Institute of Art where he studied sculpture with Douglas Tilden and drawing with Arthur Mathews. At the age of eighteen, he opened his own studio in the city. He went to Paris in 1895, but deciding that the influence of the French was not beneficial for American artists, returned to the United States having stayed only three months. Aitken's first major commissions included a bronze monument to Bret Harte which the young sculptor executed for San Francisco's Bohemian Club, an organization that was to give him encouragement and patronage for the rest of his life. His first public exhibition was held at the Club's headquarters in 1896.... Read full biography
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Camoupedia: A Compendium of Research on Art, Architecture and Camouflage
2009
Behrens, Roy R.
461 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925