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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
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Keywords (31)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Minnesota, Upper Mississippi Before 1900
- •Virginia Before 1900
- •Washington DC Before 1900
Art Association
- •Washington DC Watercolor Society/Association
Art Teacher
- •Gustave Courtois
- •Peter Baumgras
- •Raphael Collin
Art School
- •Chicago Academy of Design, Student, later Art Institute of Chicago
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
- •Corcoran School of Art and Design, Teacher
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Washington (DC) Watercolor Club
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC