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1847 Warrenton, Virginia - 1920 Warrenton, Virginia. Known for: Genre, portrait, landscape and figure painting.
The following quotations, by and about the artist, are excerpted from an undated article, "Artists at Home", by Richard Norris Brooke in the Times Daily (location not given). Edith Brooke Robertson,... Read full biography
The following quotations, by and about the artist, are excerpted from an undated article, "Artists at Home", by Richard Norris Brooke in the Times Daily (location not given). Edith Brooke Robertson, great niece of the artist, submitted the information. The artist, who kept a record of everything he... Read full biography
The following quotations, by and about the artist, are excerpted from an undated article, "Artists at Home", by Richard Norris Brooke in the Times Daily (location not given). Edith Brooke Robertson, great niece of the artist, submitted the information. The artist, who kept a record of everything he ever painted with dates, place, and sales record, is described as "a slender man, of infinitely refined manner and bearing, with a quiet voice and unmistakable conviction of truth in every spoken... Read full biography
The following quotations, by and about the artist, are excerpted from an undated article, "Artists at Home", by Richard Norris Brooke in the Times Daily (location not given). Edith Brooke Robertson, great niece of the artist, submitted the information. The artist, who kept a record of everything he ever painted with dates, place, and sales record, is described as "a slender man, of infinitely refined manner and bearing, with a quiet voice and unmistakable conviction of truth in every spoken word." His studio was "an immaculate room, the almost fastidious neatness of the man himself, the sensitive, large white hands that gleamed in the half light, told almost as much of the inner man as any careful study." He was 67 years old, but "his... Read full biography
The following quotations, by and about the artist, are excerpted from an undated article, "Artists at Home", by Richard Norris Brooke in the Times Daily (location not given). Edith Brooke Robertson, great niece of the artist, submitted the information. The artist, who kept a record of everything he ever painted with dates, place, and sales record, is described as "a slender man, of infinitely refined manner and bearing, with a quiet voice and unmistakable conviction of truth in every spoken word." His studio was "an immaculate room, the almost fastidious neatness of the man himself, the sensitive, large white hands that gleamed in the half light, told almost as much of the inner man as any careful study." He was 67 years old, but "his laugh was as spontaneous and infectious as a young boy's." . Of his life he said: "I was born in War... Read full biography
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Keywords (40)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Interior Scenes
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Waterfowl
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Gloucester, Rockport, North Shore
- •Virginia Before 1900
- •Washington DC Before 1900
Art Association
- •Washington DC Watercolor Society/Association
Art Teacher
- •Benjamin Jean-Joseph Constant
- •Leon Bonnat, Bonnat Atelier, Paris
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •US Capitol Building, Washington DC
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Society of Washington Artists, DC
- •Washington (DC) Watercolor Club
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