Brandywine Museum of Art
One Hoffmans Mill Road
Po Box 141
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Po Box 141
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
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Museums page for Harry Fenn ((1845 - 1911)), known for Book illustration, sea-landscape painting, engraving. Showing 8 museum collections and exhibitions.
Harry Fenn MUSEUMS
1845 Richmond, England - 1911 Upper Montclair, New Jersey. Known for: Book illustration, sea-landscape painting, engraving.
An illustrator for William Cullen Bryant's book Picturesque America and a painter associated with the Hudson River School of painting, Harry Fenn was born in England. He trained as a wood engraver... Read full biography
An illustrator for William Cullen Bryant's book Picturesque America and a painter associated with the Hudson River School of painting, Harry Fenn was born in England. He trained as a wood engraver before becoming a painter. One of his strengths was his ability to capture highly detailed... Read full biography
An illustrator for William Cullen Bryant's book Picturesque America and a painter associated with the Hudson River School of painting, Harry Fenn was born in England. He trained as a wood engraver before becoming a painter. One of his strengths was his ability to capture highly detailed topographical scenes, and much of his work was intended for reproduction. He arrived in the United States in the mid 1860s purportedly to see Niagara Falls. He stayed for six years, went to Italy for art study,... Read full biography
An illustrator for William Cullen Bryant's book Picturesque America and a painter associated with the Hudson River School of painting, Harry Fenn was born in England. He trained as a wood engraver before becoming a painter. One of his strengths was his ability to capture highly detailed topographical scenes, and much of his work was intended for reproduction. He arrived in the United States in the mid 1860s purportedly to see Niagara Falls. He stayed for six years, went to Italy for art study, and then returned to illustrate his first book, Snow Bound by John Greenleaf Whittier. A second book illustration followed, Ballads of New England. These publications were the "first illustrated gift books produced in this country, and they marked an... Read full biography
An illustrator for William Cullen Bryant's book Picturesque America and a painter associated with the Hudson River School of painting, Harry Fenn was born in England. He trained as a wood engraver before becoming a painter. One of his strengths was his ability to capture highly detailed topographical scenes, and much of his work was intended for reproduction. He arrived in the United States in the mid 1860s purportedly to see Niagara Falls. He stayed for six years, went to Italy for art study, and then returned to illustrate his first book, Snow Bound by John Greenleaf Whittier. A second book illustration followed, Ballads of New England. These publications were the "first illustrated gift books produced in this country, and they marked an era in the history of book making." (Falk 1104). In 1870, Harry Fenn traveled... Read full biography
Harry Fenn - Artist Info
About Harry Fenn: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (8)
All MuseumsLaguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Drive
Laguna Beach, CA 92651Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
161 Essex Square
Salem, MA 01970San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990