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1872 Vilna, Poland - 1931 Paris, France. Known for: Portrait, genre, landscape and still life painting.
Fromkes, Maurice (1872-1931). Artist’s Success Abroad. Maurice Fromkes, First American Painter Honored By Vatican. He Invaded Paris, Too, and Painted a Portrait of the Head of the Greatest Art Firm... Read full biography
Fromkes, Maurice (1872-1931). Artist’s Success Abroad. Maurice Fromkes, First American Painter Honored By Vatican. He Invaded Paris, Too, and Painted a Portrait of the Head of the Greatest Art Firm of the French Capital--Studying Old Dutch Masters. From the New York Press. Although Fromkes was born... Read full biography
Fromkes, Maurice (1872-1931). Artist’s Success Abroad. Maurice Fromkes, First American Painter Honored By Vatican. He Invaded Paris, Too, and Painted a Portrait of the Head of the Greatest Art Firm of the French Capital--Studying Old Dutch Masters. From the New York Press. Although Fromkes was born in the city of Vilna, in Russia, he claims America as his country, partly for the reason he was brought to New York when he was still an infant, but principally because his heart is here. All of his... Read full biography
Fromkes, Maurice (1872-1931). Artist’s Success Abroad. Maurice Fromkes, First American Painter Honored By Vatican. He Invaded Paris, Too, and Painted a Portrait of the Head of the Greatest Art Firm of the French Capital--Studying Old Dutch Masters. From the New York Press. Although Fromkes was born in the city of Vilna, in Russia, he claims America as his country, partly for the reason he was brought to New York when he was still an infant, but principally because his heart is here. All of his first training in art came to him in the schools of the National Academy of Art, where he studied under Will H. Low, Edgar M. Ward and William M. Chase. But, unlike most pupils, he never absorbed any of his teachers’ mannerisms, for the reason he had... Read full biography
Fromkes, Maurice (1872-1931). Artist’s Success Abroad. Maurice Fromkes, First American Painter Honored By Vatican. He Invaded Paris, Too, and Painted a Portrait of the Head of the Greatest Art Firm of the French Capital--Studying Old Dutch Masters. From the New York Press. Although Fromkes was born in the city of Vilna, in Russia, he claims America as his country, partly for the reason he was brought to New York when he was still an infant, but principally because his heart is here. All of his first training in art came to him in the schools of the National Academy of Art, where he studied under Will H. Low, Edgar M. Ward and William M. Chase. But, unlike most pupils, he never absorbed any of his teachers’ mannerisms, for the reason he had something to say for himself. He began saying it in the schools, and he continued sayi... Read full biography
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Keywords (31)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •New York City
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •France Before 1900
- •New Orleans Before 1940
- •Spain and/or Portugal
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •Boston Art Club
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
Art School
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Matthew Bakkom Archive Collection
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts