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1843 Boston, Massachusetts - 1909 Boston, Massachusetts. Known for: Landscape-Barbizon style.
A proponent of the Munich Style of bold, slashing brush-work and strong chiaroscuro, Joseph Frank Currier was from Boston, Massachusetts but from 1870 to 1898, spent most of his time living in... Read full biography
A proponent of the Munich Style of bold, slashing brush-work and strong chiaroscuro, Joseph Frank Currier was from Boston, Massachusetts but from 1870 to 1898, spent most of his time living in Germany. He became a leader of an American art colony, which had begun as followers of Cincinnati painter... Read full biography
A proponent of the Munich Style of bold, slashing brush-work and strong chiaroscuro, Joseph Frank Currier was from Boston, Massachusetts but from 1870 to 1898, spent most of his time living in Germany. He became a leader of an American art colony, which had begun as followers of Cincinnati painter Frank Duveneck. Previous to that, Currier studied in Antwerp and Paris and then settled in Munich after the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. As a student in Munich 1870 to 1872, he became a strong... Read full biography
A proponent of the Munich Style of bold, slashing brush-work and strong chiaroscuro, Joseph Frank Currier was from Boston, Massachusetts but from 1870 to 1898, spent most of his time living in Germany. He became a leader of an American art colony, which had begun as followers of Cincinnati painter Frank Duveneck. Previous to that, Currier studied in Antwerp and Paris and then settled in Munich after the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. As a student in Munich 1870 to 1872, he became a strong proponent of the Munich realism that was taught German artist Wilhelm Leibl, who in turn had been heavily influenced by Gustave Courbet, the great French realist. Leibl and his immediate followers, which included Frank Duveneck and William Merritt... Read full biography
A proponent of the Munich Style of bold, slashing brush-work and strong chiaroscuro, Joseph Frank Currier was from Boston, Massachusetts but from 1870 to 1898, spent most of his time living in Germany. He became a leader of an American art colony, which had begun as followers of Cincinnati painter Frank Duveneck. Previous to that, Currier studied in Antwerp and Paris and then settled in Munich after the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. As a student in Munich 1870 to 1872, he became a strong proponent of the Munich realism that was taught German artist Wilhelm Leibl, who in turn had been heavily influenced by Gustave Courbet, the great French realist. Leibl and his immediate followers, which included Frank Duveneck and William Merritt Chase, patterned their work after the 17th-century Dutch painter Frans Hals. In 1877, Currier moved to the Bavarian town of Polling, whe... Read full biography
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Keywords (33)
Art Method
- •Chiaroscuro, Light and Dark or Tenebrism
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Munich School of Painting
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Tonalist, Tonalism
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Barbizon, France
- •Europe
- •Expatriate from USA or Canada
- •Germany Before 1900
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •Boston Art Club
Art Teacher
- •William Leibl
Art School
- •Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (Royal Academy, Student
- •German Academies Before 1900
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Lotos Club
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Armory Show 1913, New York
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts