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Museums page for Henry Arthur Elkins ((1847 - 1884)), known for Mountain landscape, national park scene painting. Showing 3 museum collections and exhibitions.
Henry Arthur Elkins MUSEUMS
1847 Vershire, Vermont - 1884 Georgetown, Colorado. Known for: Mountain landscape, national park scene painting.
The following is from Ralph Petrozello who credits ART OF THE AMERICAN WEST by Dorothy Harmsen, a reference from a research librarian at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Although Henry Elkins... Read full biography
The following is from Ralph Petrozello who credits ART OF THE AMERICAN WEST by Dorothy Harmsen, a reference from a research librarian at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Although Henry Elkins was born in Vershire, Vermont, he became known in the Middle West for his paintings of Colorado and... Read full biography
The following is from Ralph Petrozello who credits ART OF THE AMERICAN WEST by Dorothy Harmsen, a reference from a research librarian at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Although Henry Elkins was born in Vershire, Vermont, he became known in the Middle West for his paintings of Colorado and California and spent most of his short life traveling and painting in the West. Elkins was one of the artists who crossed the plains to the Rocky Mountains. after the Civil War. In the summer of 1866,... Read full biography
The following is from Ralph Petrozello who credits ART OF THE AMERICAN WEST by Dorothy Harmsen, a reference from a research librarian at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Although Henry Elkins was born in Vershire, Vermont, he became known in the Middle West for his paintings of Colorado and California and spent most of his short life traveling and painting in the West. Elkins was one of the artists who crossed the plains to the Rocky Mountains. after the Civil War. In the summer of 1866, H. C. Ford, J. F. Gookins, and Elkins, all living in Chicago, formed a party and started out from the Missouri River. On an adventurous trip to Denver, Colorado, they joined an emigrant train for protection through Indian country. Denver was then a... Read full biography
The following is from Ralph Petrozello who credits ART OF THE AMERICAN WEST by Dorothy Harmsen, a reference from a research librarian at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Although Henry Elkins was born in Vershire, Vermont, he became known in the Middle West for his paintings of Colorado and California and spent most of his short life traveling and painting in the West. Elkins was one of the artists who crossed the plains to the Rocky Mountains. after the Civil War. In the summer of 1866, H. C. Ford, J. F. Gookins, and Elkins, all living in Chicago, formed a party and started out from the Missouri River. On an adventurous trip to Denver, Colorado, they joined an emigrant train for protection through Indian country. Denver was then a city of 7,000. One of their harrowing experiences occurred when a tornado near Cottonwood Springs, Nebraska, toppled their wagons and c... Read full biography
Henry Arthur Elkins - Artist Info
About Henry Arthur Elkins: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (3)
All MuseumsDelaware Art Museum
2301 Kentmere Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19806Free Library Of Philadelphia Rare Book Department
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1189