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1865 New York City - 1940 East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Known for: Allegorical figure and landscapes painting, teaching.
Born in New York City, Henry Prellwitz had a painting career that ranged from allegorical and narrative and genre works to landscapes much influenced by the poetic qualities of Tonalism. For many... Read full biography
Born in New York City, Henry Prellwitz had a painting career that ranged from allegorical and narrative and genre works to landscapes much influenced by the poetic qualities of Tonalism. For many years, he taught at the Pratt Institute in New York, and was elected to prestigious organizations... Read full biography
Born in New York City, Henry Prellwitz had a painting career that ranged from allegorical and narrative and genre works to landscapes much influenced by the poetic qualities of Tonalism. For many years, he taught at the Pratt Institute in New York, and was elected to prestigious organizations including the National Academy of Design and the Society of American Artists. Prellwitz grew up in New York City as one of five sons of Prussian parents. His father owned a cigar store. At age fourteen, he... Read full biography
Born in New York City, Henry Prellwitz had a painting career that ranged from allegorical and narrative and genre works to landscapes much influenced by the poetic qualities of Tonalism. For many years, he taught at the Pratt Institute in New York, and was elected to prestigious organizations including the National Academy of Design and the Society of American Artists. Prellwitz grew up in New York City as one of five sons of Prussian parents. His father owned a cigar store. At age fourteen, he enrolled in the City College of New York and there was introduced to art by Leigh Hunt, who was teaching shading and perspective. Three years later he began study at the Art Students League, where his instructors were Thomas Dewing, Robert Reid and... Read full biography
Born in New York City, Henry Prellwitz had a painting career that ranged from allegorical and narrative and genre works to landscapes much influenced by the poetic qualities of Tonalism. For many years, he taught at the Pratt Institute in New York, and was elected to prestigious organizations including the National Academy of Design and the Society of American Artists. Prellwitz grew up in New York City as one of five sons of Prussian parents. His father owned a cigar store. At age fourteen, he enrolled in the City College of New York and there was introduced to art by Leigh Hunt, who was teaching shading and perspective. Three years later he began study at the Art Students League, where his instructors were Thomas Dewing, Robert Reid and George de Forest Brush. Dewing had the most lasting influence, and later the two became per... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Tonalist, Tonalism
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Giverny, France
- •Long Island, New York
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
- •Society of American Artists, New York
Art Teacher
- •Jean Paul Laurens
- •Thomas Dewing
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •Julius Hallgarten Prize, National Academy of Design
- •Thomas B Clarke Prize, National Academy of Design
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Married to an Artist
- •Snowscene Specialty
Artist Colony
- •Cornish Art Colony, New Hampshire
- •Peconic Art Colony
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
- •Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts