A student at the Lowell Institute in Lowell, Massachusetts, William Closson had an early career as an engraver and worked from 1881 to 1883 in Europe where he engraved masterpieces for "Harper's"... Read full biography
A student at the Lowell Institute in Lowell, Massachusetts, William Closson had an early career as an engraver and worked from 1881 to 1883 in Europe where he engraved masterpieces for "Harper's" magazine. In 1888, he created a wood-engraving technique, and he did engraving for Louis Prang. In... Read full biography
A student at the Lowell Institute in Lowell, Massachusetts, William Closson had an early career as an engraver and worked from 1881 to 1883 in Europe where he engraved masterpieces for "Harper's" magazine. In 1888, he created a wood-engraving technique, and he did engraving for Louis Prang. In 1890, he changed his focus from engraving to painting with oils and pastels. Source:. Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"... Read full biography
A student at the Lowell Institute in Lowell, Massachusetts, William Closson had an early career as an engraver and worked from 1881 to 1883 in Europe where he engraved masterpieces for "Harper's" magazine. In 1888, he created a wood-engraving technique, and he did engraving for Louis Prang. In 1890, he changed his focus from engraving to painting with oils and pastels. Source:. Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"... Read full biography
A student at the Lowell Institute in Lowell, Massachusetts, William Closson had an early career as an engraver and worked from 1881 to 1883 in Europe where he engraved masterpieces for "Harper's" magazine. In 1888, he created a wood-engraving technique, and he did engraving for Louis Prang. In 1890, he changed his focus from engraving to painting with oils and pastels. Source:. Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (33)
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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
Art for the New Collector III Re-Emerging American Artists (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Pyle, Amy (Spanierman Gallery)
68 pages (color)
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)
The Artists of Washington DC 1796-1996
1996
McMahan, Virgil E
240 pages
Biennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Falk, Peter Hastings
335 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
American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons
1990
Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface
430 pages (color)
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 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, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art
1986
Chetham, Charles; David Grose
312 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
National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985
Smithsonian Institution
461 pages
American Printmaking A Century of American Printmaking 1880-1980
1984
Watrous, James
334 pages (color)
The Capital Image Painters in Washington 1800-1915 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Cosentino, Andrew; Henry H. Glassie
280 pages (color)
American Paintings at Yale University: An illustrated Checklist (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Stebbins, Theodore/G Gorokhoff
213 pages
American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981
Newark Museum
431 pages (color)
American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works
1979
Brooklyn Museum
133 pages (color)
American Imagination and Symbolist Painting (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Eldredge, Charles C
176 pages (color)
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
736 pages
American Painting from the Museum's Collection c1800-1930
1977
Rhode Island School of Design
241 pages
Living New England Artists (reprint 1888 edition)
1977
Robinson, Frank
215 pages
Collection of American Art Randolph-Macon Women's College
1977
Williams, Mary Frances
211 pages (color)
American Painters Of the Impressionist Period Rediscovered
1975
Weber, Nicholas Fox
104 pages (color)
American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes)
1969
Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed)
600 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1924 American Art Annual
1924
Editors
0 pages
Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit
1915
Walter, John; Pedro Lemos
112 pages
Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art (Exhibition catalog)