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1856 Allegheny, Pennsylvania - 1915 New York City. Known for: Female figure, floral and landscape painting.
Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, where he had first-hand knowledge of the tough life of steel workers, John White Alexander became one of the most prominent, fashionable artists in New York City... Read full biography
Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, where he had first-hand knowledge of the tough life of steel workers, John White Alexander became one of the most prominent, fashionable artists in New York City during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He did portrait, figure, and mural work and is especially... Read full biography
Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, where he had first-hand knowledge of the tough life of steel workers, John White Alexander became one of the most prominent, fashionable artists in New York City during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He did portrait, figure, and mural work and is especially noted for female subjects, which he rendered with fluid, sweeping lines and "an almost abstract, decorative rhythm of shape with a graceful and voluptuous expressiveness" (Baigell "Dictionary" 8). As... Read full biography
Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, where he had first-hand knowledge of the tough life of steel workers, John White Alexander became one of the most prominent, fashionable artists in New York City during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He did portrait, figure, and mural work and is especially noted for female subjects, which he rendered with fluid, sweeping lines and "an almost abstract, decorative rhythm of shape with a graceful and voluptuous expressiveness" (Baigell "Dictionary" 8). As a young man, he worked as a telegraph messenger boy but soon was discovered as a talented illustrator. He began his career working in the Art Department of "Harper's Weekly" as a political cartoonist and illustrator. The 1877 Pittsburgh strike was a... Read full biography
Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, where he had first-hand knowledge of the tough life of steel workers, John White Alexander became one of the most prominent, fashionable artists in New York City during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He did portrait, figure, and mural work and is especially noted for female subjects, which he rendered with fluid, sweeping lines and "an almost abstract, decorative rhythm of shape with a graceful and voluptuous expressiveness" (Baigell "Dictionary" 8). As a young man, he worked as a telegraph messenger boy but soon was discovered as a talented illustrator. He began his career working in the Art Department of "Harper's Weekly" as a political cartoonist and illustrator. The 1877 Pittsburgh strike was a special focus. As a part of his assignments he did field work in New Orleans in 1881, and in 1883 was sent to Yellowstone to capture the beauty... Read full biography
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Keywords (68)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Tonalist, Tonalism
Art Subject
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Africa
- •England, Great Britain Before 1900, London
- •Europe
- •Expatriate from USA or Canada
- •Germany Before 1900
- •Italy Before World War I
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •Yellowstone National Park
Art Association
- •American Fine Arts Society
- •Boston Art Club
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •Society of Illustrators-
Art Teacher
- •Frank Duveneck
- •William Leibl
Art School
- •Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (Royal Academy, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
- •German Academies Before 1900
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •First National Bank of Chicago Collection
- •Hainsworth Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •CENTURY MAGAZINE Illustrator
- •Figure Specialty
- •HARPER'S WEEKLY, BAZAAR, MONTHLY Illustrator/Photos
- •Mural Specialty
- •Portrait Specialty
Artist Colony
- •Cornish Art Colony, New Hampshire
- •Onteora Club, Tannersville, New York
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •Lotos Club
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Society of Illustrators
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Smithsonian Institution/Museums
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts