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1842 Skowhegan, Maine - 1919 Menominee, Wisconsin. Known for: Landscape, portrait and wildlife painting, educator.
Edmund Clarence Messer was born in Skowhegan, Maine in 1842. As a young boy he moved west to Minnesota with his family and served briefly (1862) in the Civil War with the Minnesota First Infantry... Read full biography
Edmund Clarence Messer was born in Skowhegan, Maine in 1842. As a young boy he moved west to Minnesota with his family and served briefly (1862) in the Civil War with the Minnesota First Infantry before being discharged for health reasons. He moved with his family to Washington in 1863 and entered... Read full biography
Edmund Clarence Messer was born in Skowhegan, Maine in 1842. As a young boy he moved west to Minnesota with his family and served briefly (1862) in the Civil War with the Minnesota First Infantry before being discharged for health reasons. He moved with his family to Washington in 1863 and entered the studio of Peter Baumgras. He subsequently studied at the Copper Institute and Cummings Academy in New York, the Philadelphia Academy of Art, the National Academy of Design, and the Academy of... Read full biography
Edmund Clarence Messer was born in Skowhegan, Maine in 1842. As a young boy he moved west to Minnesota with his family and served briefly (1862) in the Civil War with the Minnesota First Infantry before being discharged for health reasons. He moved with his family to Washington in 1863 and entered the studio of Peter Baumgras. He subsequently studied at the Copper Institute and Cummings Academy in New York, the Philadelphia Academy of Art, the National Academy of Design, and the Academy of Design in Chicago. In Paris, he studied with Raphael Collin and Gustave Courtois. Following these studies (1863-1870), Messer lived in Washington for the better part of fifty years and became a fixture of the art scene in the nation's capital. He was a... Read full biography
Edmund Clarence Messer was born in Skowhegan, Maine in 1842. As a young boy he moved west to Minnesota with his family and served briefly (1862) in the Civil War with the Minnesota First Infantry before being discharged for health reasons. He moved with his family to Washington in 1863 and entered the studio of Peter Baumgras. He subsequently studied at the Copper Institute and Cummings Academy in New York, the Philadelphia Academy of Art, the National Academy of Design, and the Academy of Design in Chicago. In Paris, he studied with Raphael Collin and Gustave Courtois. Following these studies (1863-1870), Messer lived in Washington for the better part of fifty years and became a fixture of the art scene in the nation's capital. He was a founding member of the Washington Art Club (1876), where his august 1895 self-portrait now hangs, and became a... Read full biography