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1874 Kansas City, Missouri - 1958 New York City. Known for: Etching, social realist and landscape painting, mural.
Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to... Read full biography
Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a... Read full biography
Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a... Read full biography
Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night... Read full biography
Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studi... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Chalk
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •New York City
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Satire, Parody
- •Social Realism
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cragsmoor, New York
- •Europe
- •Minnesota, Upper Mississippi Before 1900
- •Missouri River Valley Before 1900
- •Old Lyme, Connecticut
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •National Arts Club, New York
- •New York Water Color Club, Society-
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
- •Society of American Artists, New York
- •Society of American Etchers/Brooklyn Society of Etchers
- •Society of Independent Artists-
- •The Hartford Salmagundians, Hartford CT.
Art Teacher
- •Benjamin Jean-Joseph Constant
- •Jean Leon Gerome
- •Jean Paul Laurens
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Student
- •St. Louis School of Fine Art, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Andrew Carnegie Prize, National Academy of Design
- •Benjamin Altman Prize, National Academy of Design
- •Norman Wait Harris Bronze Medal, Chicago Art Institute
- •Thomas B Clarke Prize, National Academy of Design
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Bakkom Photo Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota (2)
Added Description
- •Architectural Design, Drawing, Forms, Decoration
- •Genre Specialty
- •Post Office Mural Painter, WPA Treasury Relief Art Project
- •Printmaking Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Artist Colony
- •Cragsmoor Artist Colony
- •Old Lyme Artist Colony
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City
- •Little Galleries of Photo Secession 291, New York
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Arts Club
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
- •The Hartford Salmagundians, Hartford CT-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Armory Show 1913, New York
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts