McNay Art Museum
6000 North New Braunfels Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78209-0069
San Antonio, TX 78209-0069
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Museums page for Henry Schnakenberg ((1892 - 1970)), known for Landscape, genre, and still-life painting. Showing 13 museum collections and exhibitions.
Henry Schnakenberg MUSEUMS
1892 New Brighton, New York - 1970 Newtown, Connecticut. Known for: Landscape, genre, and still-life painting.
In many cases, American artists visited the Armory Show in New York in 1913, and returned to their studios to react to or against what they saw. However, for Henry Ernest Schnakenberg it was much... Read full biography
In many cases, American artists visited the Armory Show in New York in 1913, and returned to their studios to react to or against what they saw. However, for Henry Ernest Schnakenberg it was much more life altering. Prior to visiting this important exhibition of American and European modernist art,... Read full biography
In many cases, American artists visited the Armory Show in New York in 1913, and returned to their studios to react to or against what they saw. However, for Henry Ernest Schnakenberg it was much more life altering. Prior to visiting this important exhibition of American and European modernist art, he had been working as an insurance sales representative for his father's firm. After seeing the Armory Show, he was inspired to go to art school. He enrolled at the Art Students League where he had... Read full biography
In many cases, American artists visited the Armory Show in New York in 1913, and returned to their studios to react to or against what they saw. However, for Henry Ernest Schnakenberg it was much more life altering. Prior to visiting this important exhibition of American and European modernist art, he had been working as an insurance sales representative for his father's firm. After seeing the Armory Show, he was inspired to go to art school. He enrolled at the Art Students League where he had the good fortune to have both John Sloan and Kenneth Hayes Miller as teachers. His fellow students at that time were Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Peggy Bacon, Alexander Brook and Niles Spencer. (1) After serving in the army, he returned to New York and began to... Read full biography
In many cases, American artists visited the Armory Show in New York in 1913, and returned to their studios to react to or against what they saw. However, for Henry Ernest Schnakenberg it was much more life altering. Prior to visiting this important exhibition of American and European modernist art, he had been working as an insurance sales representative for his father's firm. After seeing the Armory Show, he was inspired to go to art school. He enrolled at the Art Students League where he had the good fortune to have both John Sloan and Kenneth Hayes Miller as teachers. His fellow students at that time were Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Peggy Bacon, Alexander Brook and Niles Spencer. (1) After serving in the army, he returned to New York and began to paint independently, and in 1921, he had his first show at the Whitney Studio Club along with Joseph... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (13)
All MuseumsSheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300Staten Island Museum
75 Stuyvesant Place
Staten Island, NY 10301Telfair Museum of Art
Po Box 10081
Savannah, GA 31412The Bennington Museum
75 Main Street
Bennington, VT 05201The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271