William Baptiste Baird was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1847, but as an adult, he moved to Paris to perfect his painting technique. In Paris, Baird studied under Adolphe Yvan, and exhibited... Read full biography
William Baptiste Baird was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1847, but as an adult, he moved to Paris to perfect his painting technique. In Paris, Baird studied under Adolphe Yvan, and exhibited extensively at the Paris Salon from 1872 until 1899. Baird was a painter of farm animals, rural subjects,... Read full biography
William Baptiste Baird was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1847, but as an adult, he moved to Paris to perfect his painting technique. In Paris, Baird studied under Adolphe Yvan, and exhibited extensively at the Paris Salon from 1872 until 1899. Baird was a painter of farm animals, rural subjects, and small animals. In 1872, he exhibited in a formal gallery in Paris, and was represented there through 1899, during which time the gallery became the Salon des Artistes Français in 1881. Baird worked... Read full biography
William Baptiste Baird was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1847, but as an adult, he moved to Paris to perfect his painting technique. In Paris, Baird studied under Adolphe Yvan, and exhibited extensively at the Paris Salon from 1872 until 1899. Baird was a painter of farm animals, rural subjects, and small animals. In 1872, he exhibited in a formal gallery in Paris, and was represented there through 1899, during which time the gallery became the Salon des Artistes Français in 1881. Baird worked in various parts of France, in Paris, and Switzerland. In his painting of the countryside of Paris, Barbizon, Brittany and Lake Geneva, he primarily focused on local rural scenes and farmyard animals such as cows, chicks, hens and rabbits. Baird was... Read full biography
William Baptiste Baird was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1847, but as an adult, he moved to Paris to perfect his painting technique. In Paris, Baird studied under Adolphe Yvan, and exhibited extensively at the Paris Salon from 1872 until 1899. Baird was a painter of farm animals, rural subjects, and small animals. In 1872, he exhibited in a formal gallery in Paris, and was represented there through 1899, during which time the gallery became the Salon des Artistes Français in 1881. Baird worked in various parts of France, in Paris, and Switzerland. In his painting of the countryside of Paris, Barbizon, Brittany and Lake Geneva, he primarily focused on local rural scenes and farmyard animals such as cows, chicks, hens and rabbits. Baird was a member of the National Academy of Design, exhibiting there from 1875 to 1879, and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (13)
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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
American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum (2 Vols)
1996
Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin
877 pages (color)
Revisiting the White City American Art at the 1893 World's Fair (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Carr, Carolyn K
408 pages (color)
American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons
1990
Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface
430 pages (color)
Paris 1889 American Artists at the Universal Exposition (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Blaugrund, Annette
304 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
American Paintings (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Schwarz-Philadelphia
23 pages
Recent Ideals of Americn Art
1977
Sheldon, George William
176 pages
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