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1847 Vershire, Vermont - 1884 Georgetown, Colorado. Known for: Mountain landscape, national park scene painting.
The following is from Ralph Petrozello who credits ART OF THE AMERICAN WEST by Dorothy Harmsen, a reference from a research librarian at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Although Henry Elkins... Read full biography
The following is from Ralph Petrozello who credits ART OF THE AMERICAN WEST by Dorothy Harmsen, a reference from a research librarian at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Although Henry Elkins was born in Vershire, Vermont, he became known in the Middle West for his paintings of Colorado and... Read full biography
The following is from Ralph Petrozello who credits ART OF THE AMERICAN WEST by Dorothy Harmsen, a reference from a research librarian at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Although Henry Elkins was born in Vershire, Vermont, he became known in the Middle West for his paintings of Colorado and California and spent most of his short life traveling and painting in the West. Elkins was one of the artists who crossed the plains to the Rocky Mountains. after the Civil War. In the summer of 1866,... Read full biography
The following is from Ralph Petrozello who credits ART OF THE AMERICAN WEST by Dorothy Harmsen, a reference from a research librarian at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Although Henry Elkins was born in Vershire, Vermont, he became known in the Middle West for his paintings of Colorado and California and spent most of his short life traveling and painting in the West. Elkins was one of the artists who crossed the plains to the Rocky Mountains. after the Civil War. In the summer of 1866, H. C. Ford, J. F. Gookins, and Elkins, all living in Chicago, formed a party and started out from the Missouri River. On an adventurous trip to Denver, Colorado, they joined an emigrant train for protection through Indian country. Denver was then a... Read full biography
The following is from Ralph Petrozello who credits ART OF THE AMERICAN WEST by Dorothy Harmsen, a reference from a research librarian at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Although Henry Elkins was born in Vershire, Vermont, he became known in the Middle West for his paintings of Colorado and California and spent most of his short life traveling and painting in the West. Elkins was one of the artists who crossed the plains to the Rocky Mountains. after the Civil War. In the summer of 1866, H. C. Ford, J. F. Gookins, and Elkins, all living in Chicago, formed a party and started out from the Missouri River. On an adventurous trip to Denver, Colorado, they joined an emigrant train for protection through Indian country. Denver was then a city of 7,000. One of their harrowing experiences occurred when a tornado near Cottonwood Springs, Nebraska, toppled their wagons and c... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Moving Scenic Panorama Painting, 3-D Diorama
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Panoramic View and/or Large Scale Panoramic Artwork
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Colorado Before 1900
- •Minnesota, Upper Mississippi Before 1900
- •Missouri River Valley Before 1900
- •Northern California Before 1900
- •White Mountains, New Hampshire
- •Yosemite National Park
Chronology
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War