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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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- ExhibitionsMarch 2004Lyons, SusanAmerican Artist
- American Art from the Detroit Inst.December 2003Beal, G & Krulick-Belin, JAmerican Art Review
- ReviewsSeptember 2003Editor, ARTnewsARTnews
- Japanism in AmericaAugust 2003Leggio, GailAmerican Arts Quarterly
- Paris 1900: The American SchoolDecember 1999Fischer, Diane PAmerican Art Review
- Twenty Years of ArtDecember 1996Goley, Mary AnneAmerican Art Review
- Domestic Globalism at the CarnegieFebruary 1996Adams, BrooksArt in America
- John White AlexanderAugust 1995Goley, Mary AnneAmerican Art Review
- Americans AbroadOctober 1994Ratcliff, CarterArt & Auction