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1890 Cambridge, Massachusetts - 1946 Dublin, New Hampshire. Known for: Portrait, figure and landscape painting.
Portrait painter. Born in Cambridge, MA in 1890, "Aleck" was the nephew of writer Henry James. He studied painting while living with Abbott Thayer for six years and then further studied with Frank W.... Read full biography
Portrait painter. Born in Cambridge, MA in 1890, "Aleck" was the nephew of writer Henry James. He studied painting while living with Abbott Thayer for six years and then further studied with Frank W. Benson. During the first two years of his marriage (1918-19) he lived and painted in Santa Barbara,... Read full biography
Portrait painter. Born in Cambridge, MA in 1890, "Aleck" was the nephew of writer Henry James. He studied painting while living with Abbott Thayer for six years and then further studied with Frank W. Benson. During the first two years of his marriage (1918-19) he lived and painted in Santa Barbara, CA. James then settled in Dublin, NH where he remained until his demise on Feb. 26, 1946. Member: Century Ass'n. In: MM; Filoli mansion in Woodside, CA (portrait of his brother-in-law Bruce Porter);... Read full biography
Portrait painter. Born in Cambridge, MA in 1890, "Aleck" was the nephew of writer Henry James. He studied painting while living with Abbott Thayer for six years and then further studied with Frank W. Benson. During the first two years of his marriage (1918-19) he lived and painted in Santa Barbara, CA. James then settled in Dublin, NH where he remained until his demise on Feb. 26, 1946. Member: Century Ass'n. In: MM; Filoli mansion in Woodside, CA (portrait of his brother-in-law Bruce Porter); Addison Gallery of Art; Boston Museum; Fogg Museum (Harvard). CD; Fid; WWAA 1936-41; NY Times, 2-27-1946 (obit). Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full
Portrait painter. Born in Cambridge, MA in 1890, "Aleck" was the nephew of writer Henry James. He studied painting while living with Abbott Thayer for six years and then further studied with Frank W. Benson. During the first two years of his marriage (1918-19) he lived and painted in Santa Barbara, CA. James then settled in Dublin, NH where he remained until his demise on Feb. 26, 1946. Member: Century Ass'n. In: MM; Filoli mansion in Woodside, CA (portrait of his brother-in-law Bruce Porter); Addison Gallery of Art; Boston Museum; Fogg Museum (Harvard). CD; Fid; WWAA 1936-41; NY Times, 2-27-1946 (obit). Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts