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by James Thrall Soby and Dorothy C. Miller
,I The Museum of Modem Art, New York
\ , Biographies of the Artists and Catalog of the Exhibition
An, asterisk (*) indicates that the work is iUustrated. die. Childhood interest in ornithology. 1803 to father's Works not illustrated here bear a reference if reproduced in estate in Pennsylvania. 1807, after unsuccessful business another oj the llfuseum's publications. Unless otherwise ventures, to Kentucky to open frontier store; neglected stated, all paintings are oil on canvas. Dimensions are in business for bird study which increasingly absorbed inches and height precedes width. him; by 1810 bad made 200 drawings. 1812-19 at Hend- creon, Ky.; bankrupt, began drawing portraits. 1819·20 position in Dr. Daniel Drake's natural history museum, ALLSTON, Washington. 1779·1843. Born on planta- Cincinnati; decided on unprecedented project: to por- tion, 'Vaccamaw region, S. C.; grew up in Newport, tray all the birds of America, in full action and in natural R. I. Harvard 1800, class poet. Returned to Charleston; habitat. 1820 down Mississippi by flatboat to New 1801 to England with Malbone; studied Royal Academy Orleans; painted portraits, tutored, while pursuing proj- under Benjamin West. 1804 to Paris with VanderIyn to ect. 1826 sailed from New Orleans to Liverpool to find study art collected by Napoleon; then 4 years in Rome, publisher for drawings. Successful in London, Edin- where he knew Coleridge, Washington Irving, Thor- burgh, Paris; got subscribers; elected to learned and waldson. 1809 returned to America; 1811 to England scientific societies. Publication of The Birds of America with Morse. Successful professional and social career in begun 1827 hy Liears of Edinburgh, completed by England 1811-17. 1818 returned to America; studio in Havell of London 1838.Visit to America 1829; return to Boston, later in Cambridgeport. Essayist, poet. critic, England 1830.Published Ornithological Biography 1831· teacher, a brilliant leader in Boston's cultural-life for 25 39, to accompany The Birds of America. 1831 to Amer. MoMAExh_0246_MasterChecklist years. Died Cambridgeport. ica to continue and complete hird studies in Florida, Labrador, etc. 1839 began work on Quadmpeds oj 1~2/7~ ·1 The Deluge. 1804. 4,* 65%"".Lentby Metropolitan America, going west to North Dakota and Montana; Museum of Art. Ill. p.53. publication begun 1845. Died New York. Jj~.').'),J2 2 Rising of a Thunderstorm at Sea. 1804.38~ x 5111. 1.j3.1Z.S3 Lent by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 7 White·headed Eagle. 1828. Aquatint colored by hand, 2531 x 38;41/. Lent by Old Print Shop. S..li M~\i>.'S+-I,~ t3.U~1o ·3 Diana and Her' Nymphs in the .Cbese (Swiss Scenery). 1805. 66%"x 97"11. Lent by Mrs. Alger- ¥a,I""~ Barn Owl. 1833. Aquatint colored by hand, 33% x 'f\.l:\.~ ..... non Coolidge. Ill. p.52. 22ygl/. Lent by Weyhe Gallery. Ill. p.59.- ,:r-, if'./9~f Wood Ihis.1834. Aquatint colored by hand, 34% x~ Jf3.t.U7 4 Portrait of Samuel Taylor ·Coleridge (unfinished). . -"M~~1·1"e..,.CI" 1806. 30 x 25". Lent by Henry Wadsworth Long- 27J/g", Lent by Old Print Shop. :)0 e, or. .. fellow Dana. V""~1g9Canada Lynx. 1845. Lithograph colored by hand, 21% x 27;/g". Lent by Kennedy & Co. Ill. p.59'.i:.e-~"C."CI.l'''i
ARCHER, Robert, Born 1905. Worked on WPA Art Project, New York. AUSTIN, Darrel. Born Raymond. Wash. 1907. Grew up in- Portland, Ore. Studied art Columbia University, E.J..3~.J'~*5 Approaching Storm. c. 1938. 24;4 x 30~"'. WPA Notre Dame and in Portland. Worked on Oregon WPA Art Program. Ill. p.Il8. Art Project. Lives New York. ~;,.?'OO *11 The Black Beast. 1941. 24 x 301'. Lent by Smith ATHERTON, John. Born Brainerd, Minn. 1900; State College Museum of Art. Ill. p.128. of Washington 1906.18. U. S. Navy 1918-19. Worked '/3.lIa12 The Dark River.. 1941. 20 x 24' . L ent by Pbillipe in mines, shipyards. at sign painting, etc. California 116,21.'12 Memorial Gallery. School of Fine Arts, San Francisco 1922-25.Since 1926, 13 The Black Bullock. 1942.20 x 24". Lent by Perls successful advertising artist. To New York 1929. Lives Galleries. Ridgefield, Conn.
Foggy Day. 1941. 26% x 36;/g". Lent by Julien Levy Gallery. 111.·p.12~. ' BARNES, Matthew. Born Scotland 1880.To U. S.1904; New York Ulltil1906; then settled San Francisco. Self- taught. Worked on California WPA Art Project. AUDUBON, John James. 1785·1851. Born Les Cayes, 'IMb9~ u' '14 Night Scene. 1932.36% x 4274 • I I' Santo Domingo, son of wealthy French naval officer. 1"700 .A C .... '1"- Brought up in France; studied drawing in David's stu- . *15 High Peak. 1936. 36~ x 42;4". Ill. p.llI. n' ,
129 BIER STADT • Albert. 1830-1902. Born Solingen, Ger- 'I~.Jb 99 16 Cboet Hom". 1938. 20 x 24". many. To America at 2 years. grew up in New Bedford, (7tof e?!(-..) Nos. 14-16. lent by the artist. Mass. 1853 to Diisseldorf to study 4 yeare; worked in Rome and Switzerland. Returned to U. S. 1857; 1858 BEARD. William Holbrook. 1825-1900.Born Paines- joined expedition through unopened territories of West. ville. Ohio. Itinerant portrait painter; 1850 worked in followedby several later trips. Hug?,canvases of Hookies Buffalo. N. Y. Studied and painted in Rome, Switzer- and other Western scenery popular here and abroad in land. Dtleeeldorf.Settled in New York 1860. Popular in '60s and '70s; received medals from Czar of Russia. his day for paintings of animals satirizing human foibles. Sultan of .?-'urkcyand others. Died New York. Died New York. ."./&,91 Y24 A Stream in the Rocky Mountains. c. 1860. 3931x .,3.17,J3 30YS.Lent hy A. F. Mondechein. ~olcL ~ 1<." el <.-c. 17 The 'Witches' Sabbath. 1876.38U x 58%rf. Lent by "'25 Snow Scene with Buffaloes. 1860s? Oil on mill- Robert C. Vose Galleries. hoard, 18 x 24rf. Lent anonymously. Ill. p.67 • •18 The Balloon. 1882. '!'tit s: ~rf. Lent by Victor D. Spack. Ill. p.68. ~7fr~n'/1 BINGHAM. George Caleb. 1811-79.Born Augusta Co.• Va.; with family to Missouri 1819. c.. 1827 cabinet BELLOWS, George Wesley. 1882-1925.Born Colum- maker's apprentice; studied law and theology; first bus. Ohio. Ohio State University; newspaper cartoonist painting instruction supposedly from Chester Harding. in spare time. Studied with H. G. Maretta, Chicago; c. 1830 began to paint portraits of neighbors. c. 1835 1904 New York with Henri and Hayes Miller. Taught to St. Louis; c. 1837to study at Pennsylvania Academy.
MoMAExh_0246_MasterChecklist Art Students' League and National Academy (1913). Philadelphia. 1840-44 painted portraits. Washington, Brilliant younger member of Henri's group although did D. C.; to Missouri 1844. First genre and landscape not exhibit with "The Eight." Died New York. paintings 1845. Visit to New York 1849; in Philadelphia 1I'.1.Z~O 19 Dance in a Madhouse. 1917. Lithograph, 18U x 1853-54. To Europe 1856; in Diisseldorf until 1859; returned to Missouri. In Union Army 1861. Active in 2472". Lent by H. V. Allison & Co. t state and local politics throughout life; professor of art, '1~.).or7 *20 A Knock-out. 1921.Lithograph, 15U x 21%//. Lent University of Missouri 1877. Died Kansas City. h! Albert H. Wiggin Collection, Boston Public 4f>~.;1.,17) Library. Ill. p.87. *26 Fur Traders Descending the Missouri. c. 1845. Jf$,1../~S' *21 The Picnic. 1924. 30~ 44~I.'Lentby Lewisohn Col. 29}i x. 36,X(1f. Lent by Metropolitan Museum of . lection. Ill. p.87. ~ f~.2 zzq Art. Ill. p.61. *27 Daniel Boone Escorting a Band of Pioneers into the Western Country. c. 1851. 3'4{x 50". Lent by BEMAN, Roff. 1891-1940. Born Chicago. Studied in Washington University, St. Louis, through City Paris; with Sloan and Emil Armin. Worked on Illinois Art Museum, St. Louis. Ill.p.61. WPA Art Project. Lived in Chicago. BLAKELOCK. Ralph Albert. 1847-1919. Born New g.\..3
telligence Corps; after War 2 years in France and Italy., Fine Arts mural. Post Office Department, Washington. Guggenheim-.. fellowship 1933·' to Southern F ranee. 1943to P anama and Canbbean. as ertfet-correspondent.. T aught California School of Fine Arts, Art Students' Lives in New York. L~aglle. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Section of ¥3.12.,i I Fme Arts murals, Norwalk. Conn., Fredonia. N. Y., *35 The Tragic Muse. 1933. 40 x 24". Lent by Newark Columbus. Wis.; worked 00 WPA Art Project, New Museum. Ill. p.llS. York. Lives 'Voodstock N Y ,I/.3.:t.1or , ft •.. 36 Pasture at Elk. 1939. 20 x 28 • Lent by Wadsworth IJJ.1J~6 *29 Suwannee River. 19'tO.30 x 48". Lent by Associated Atheneum. Ill. p.llS. American Artists. lU. p.116. BROWN. Eliphalet, Jr .• publisher. New York. ¥3,:d$9 BLOOM. Hyman. Born Latvia 1913. To U. S. 1920. 37 U. S. Steam Frigate Mississippi in a Typhoon. 1857. living ever since in Boston. Studied under Harold Zim- Lithograph colored by hand, 16 x 20%". Lent by merman and Denman Ross, Boston. Worked on Maeea- Old Print Shop. e..lcl M ..... It..., G"++e>', .:ro:T'<'"ie.~ S.\'\tLl"fh, chusetts WPA Art Project. , ~\ ..*ef l"'l ...... ~~l ~ol+i.....,t> ...-e., ¥\.,L,
Skc~eton. c.1936. 12 x 68". Lent by Nat Sharfman. BURCHFIELD. Charles. Born Asbtabula Harbor, Ohio 1893. 1898-1921 lived in Salem, Ohio. 1911-16 Cleve- The Bride. 1941. 20% x 49J11I1.Museum of Modern land School of Art. Unti11921 worked as costs account- Art, Purchase Fund. Ill. p.99. ant in automobile parts factory. Army training camp 1918. 1921-28 in Buffalo. N.· Y. as wallpaper designer; BLOW. Richard. Born.La Salle. Ill. 1904. Studied Na- 1928 resigned job to devote full time to painting. Lives Gardenville, N. Y. MoMAExh_0246_MasterChecklist tiona] Academy. Art Students' League. Art Institute of Chicago. Before tbe war lived Florence. Italy and New York. Now in U. S. Army. ~.z.~b 38 Garden of Memories. 1917. Crayon and watercolor, 25% x 22%/1. Museum of Modern Art, gift of Mrs. 1/',:1.1& 7' *32 The Painter. 1938. Oil on fibre board, 28 x 32/1. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (by exchange). Ill. Burch. Lent by Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ill. p.125. ~/.eld,no. 25. ' ..tf".Z~:f9 Church Bells Ringing-Rainy Winter Nigbt.1917. BORROn ABC" 1907 5 dl d A Watercolor, 30 x 191>'.Lent by Mrs. Louise M. . • a~on. am urcago . tu re rt Dunn. Ill. .103. .- Institute of Chicago: 1929 to New York, Art Students' #.1.Z'l9 p :l./ X. :;.1~,-.~ 1', h+. League 2 years with Boardman Robinson, Sloan, Hayes 40 The Night Wind. 1918. Watercolor, 2134' x 21;ki • Miller. Guggenheim fellowship 1936, renewal 1937. ' Lent by A. Conger Goodyear. Ill. color portfolio. Worked on Illinois WPA Art Project. Section of Fine no. 18. ¥3,3'> Arts murals, Clinton, Galesburg and Vandalia, Ill. 1942 *41 The First Hepaticas. 1918. Watercolor, 21% x artist-in-residence, Southern Illinois Normal University. 27%". Museum of Modern Art. gift of Mrs. John 1943 to South Pacific as artiat-correspoudent. Lives ~~.~I;'O D. Rockefeller, Jr. Ill. p.102. Chicago. *42 House of Mystery. 1924. Tempera with oil glaze on board, 297':2x 23.72". Lent by Art Institute of Chi- Tourist House. 1941. Oil on composmon board. 13.~IS7 '33 cago. Ill. p.102. 21 x 28~11. Lent by Associated American Artists. Ill. p.106. . CARROLL. John. Born Kansas City. Ken. 1892. Stud- BREININ. Raymond. Born Vitebsk, Russia 1910. To ied Mark Hopkins Institute, San Francisco, 1903·06; U. S. 1923. Studied Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago' University of California 1911; and with Frank Duveneck Academy of Art. Worked on Illinois WPA Art Project; 1913-15. U. S. Navy. World War. To Paris on Guggen- Section of Fine Arb, mur-als, Wilmette. Ill. Artist-in- heim fellowship 1926. Taught Art Students' League, • residence, Southern Illinois Normal University. Car . Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit. Section of Fine Arts • bondale. mural, Clemson, S. C. Lives East Chatham, N. Y. 31~q 'f$,:UfiS ''13.'Ji~J *34 The Cloak. 194.3. -32 x 50". Lent by Downtown *43 Rate de Ballet. 1941. 6~'( 30/l. Lent by Honolulu Gallery. Ill. p.125,. Academy of Arts. Ill. p.1l4.
BROOK. Alexander. Born Brooklyn 1898. of Russian CATLIN, George. 1796.1872. Born Wyoming Valley, parentage. Studied Pratt Institute. Brooklyn; Art Stu. Pa. 1817·18 studied law. practised 2 or 3 y.ears; then dents' League. 1924-27 assistant director, Whitney self-taught portrait painter; 1824·30 painted in w ash- ... • Studio Club. Guggenheim fellowship 1931. Section of Ington, Albany. Richmond. 1829 saw group of Western 131 COLE, Thomas. 1801-4,8.Born Bolton-le-Moore, Lan- Indians in Philadelphia on way to Washington; Inspired cashire, England. As child worked on engravings for to devote talents to recording Indian life. 1832for about calico in a print works. At 19 to U. S. with family, living 8 years traveled among 48 tribes making 310 oil por- Philadelphia, then Steubenville, Ohio, where he worked traits and 200 oils recording ceremonies, hunting, vil- with father in wallpaper factory. Taught himself to lages, etc. 1841 published Illustrations oj the Manners, paint; itinerant portrait painter. 2 winters in Philadel- Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. phia in extreme poverty; then 1825 to New York where 1837-52"Indian Gallery" with accompanying troupe of his landscape paintings attracted enthusiasm of Trum- Indians toured U. S., England, France. 1846 collection bull, Durand, Dunlap. Inspired by Hudson River and offered to Smithsonian Institution; accepted 1879. Catskill scenery and romantic literature dealing with the Traveled and painted in South and Central America region; established studio at Catskill, N. Y. 1829 to 1852-57;in Europe 1858~70.Died Jersey City, N. J. England, France, Italy until 1832. Again to Europe 1841-4.2.Pioneer painter of landscape in this country. fa,7..3D~ *44 "Ha-won-je-tah, the One Horn; first chief of the tribe; Mee-ne-cow-e-gee band. Upper Missouri Died Catskill, N. Y. [Sioux (Dah-eo-ta)]; hair tied on his bead in form 1M~9'f of a turban, and filled with glue and red earth, or 51 Scene from Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans. 1827. vennilion." c. 1832. ~ x 23". Ill. p.60. 253/r,t.x3S,v. Lent by Wadsworth Atheneum. IJ~.':1..$09 45 "View on Upper Missouri-Back view of the Man- 1AI:/..~~Mt. Chocorua, New Hampshire. 1827. Oil on wood, dan Village, showing their mode of depositing their 23~1'32J.;'t:~Lcntanonymously. dead, on scaffolds, enveloped in skins, and of pre- , 'f~ ;;4" serving and feeding the skulls; 1300 miles above If "~53 The Expulsion from Eden. 1828. 39 x ~IT. Lent St. Louis. "'Tomen feeding the skulls of their rela- anonymously, through Museum of Fine Arts, Boa-
MoMAExh_0246_MasterChecklist tives with dishes of meat." c. 1832. 11% x 14%". ton. Ill. p.54. u 0;1 e." c./l, .... r •• a·'I:" b~ J".. I/S,~/h8 '3.1 :>07 4619 Buffalo 26}.1" Hunt under the wolf-skmmask. c. 1832. *54' Th e0 xb ow (C onnecncut . R· rver near N ort h amp· ~ 4~ 46 I bU' d S N" M ton). 1836. 51:Y2 x 76/1. Lent by Metropolitan oe. ..' ent. Y' lll~e . tatea arional u- Museum of Art. Ill. p.55. seum, Smithsonian Institution. If'. 2.1 'lot 47 Flamingo Shooting in South America. 1357. 19 x 55 The Vision. c. 1846?Oil on wood, 12:or18".Lent by IIJ.210/ 2672". Lent by Ilocheeter Memorial Art G<;111ery. Brooklyn Museum.
COPLEY, John Singleton. 1737 or 1738-1815. Born CHAMBERS, T. Active 1820-40. Painted Hudson Boston, of Irish parentage. Encouraged by stepfather, River region, Natural Bridge, Washington's tomb, Ni- Peter Pelham, the engraver, started career as portrait agara Falls, Franconia Notch, New York and Boston painter. Became our most eminent Colonial painter; Harbors. successful,career in New England and other colonies.To z'l!'s X ~o" Europe 1774" visiting Italy and settling in London the Niagara Falls. c. 1820.40. ~ x ~". Lent by following year; never returned to America. Became one Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford. of London's leading painters of portraits, historical and religious canvases. Died London. CHURCH, Frederick Edwin. 1826-1900. Born Hart- 'is.2.S01 ( .....f .~),.) ford, Conn. Pupil ~f Thomas Cole at Catskill, N. Y. 56 Watson and the Shark. Ink, l~lf 23>1". Lent by First painted Catskills, then 1853 and 1857 to South Museum of Historic Art, Princeton University. America to paint the Andes; later to Labrador to paint ~,,1~1'i-. icebergs. 1866to Jamaica; 1868first visit to Europe and "57 Watsoo and the Shark. 1778. 72~ x 90}i1'. Lent Near East. Extremely successful, U. S. and Europe. by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Ill. p.49. Died New York. I 21f\\ - »s. ';l, 17 9 *49 Cotopaxi, Ecuador. t862. 4Wr: {t&P .• Lent by New CORBINO, Jon. Born Vittoria, Sicily 1905. To New York Public Library, Lenox Collection. Ill. p.66. York 1913. Studied art Ethical Culture School, N. Y.; Art Students' League, Pennsylvania Academy. Origi- nally a sculptor, then painter. Guggenheim fellowships CODMAN, Charles. 1800-42.!?aintrd dock faces, eigue 1936 and 1937. Section of Fine.Arts mural, Long Beach, and fire buckets until about 1828: Became successful N. Y.; worked on WPAArt Project. Teaches summer landscape painter. Exhibited at Boston Atheneum 1828- school, Rockport, Mass. Lives Scarsdale, N. Y. 34. Lived Portland, Me. .,,~,~n7 *z." 50 The Pirates' Cove. c. 1830. 23U x 31". Lent by *58 Stampeding Bulls. 1937.28 x~. Lent by Toledo Old Print Shop. ~t.\A. ~~, \8n6._, ' Museum of Art. Ill. p.122.
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COWLES, Russell. Born Algona, Iowa IB87. Studied DAVIES, Arthur Bowen. 1862~1928·.Born Utica, N. Y. National Academy, Art Students' League; American At 18 to Mexico as draftsman for engineering expedi- Academy in Rome fellowship 1915-17. U.S. Naval Intel- tion. Studied Academy of Design, Chicago; Art Insti- ligence, Italy, 1917·20. Traveled Europe and Far East; tute of Chicago, and in New York. Magazine illustrator. worked 10 years in Ncw Mexico. Lives New York. To Italy 1893; influenced by Giorgionc, EI Greco, Blake, Cubism, Persian miniatures, Greek vase painting. 1908 'I;a~3z9 59 OldWodd.1943.43+->x30+->".Lentby Kraushaar exhibited with 'The Eight", New York; president and Galleries. moving spirit of Association of American Painters and Sculptors, which organized Armory Show. New York, 1913. Traveled widely; tapestries, prints, sculpture, as CROPSEY, Jasper Francis. 1823.1900. Born Rossville. well as painting. Died near Florence, Italy, Staten Island, ~...... Y.Worked in architect's office5 years. J(, •.2/~'; . Turned to landscape painting, studied National Aead- *67 Along the Erie Canal. 1890. 1834 x 40". Lent by emy. 1847 to Europe, 3 years in Italy; 1857-63 studio 7/2- Phillips Memorial Gallery. Ill. p- 85. :~ ~nd~n. I~ brief retur~ to arc.hitecture, desi~ned 'I:J,~I *68 Dream. Before 1909. la"iX3o'iLent by Metropoli- El stations III N. Y. C. Painted chiefly Hudson RIver tan Museum of Art. Ill. p.BS. scenery. Died Haetings-ou-Hudson, N. Y.
:1;7 ij3.2.2i~ *60 Eagle Cliff. 1851. ~ x 53". Lent anonymously, De MARTINI, Joseph. Born Mobile, Ala. 1896. Studied through Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Ill. p.6S. National Academy. Worked on WPA Art Project, New York. Lives New York.
MoMAExh_0246_MasterChecklist ;u.~r.. J;'~( CURRIER and IVES. Between 1835 and 1907 Nathan- 69 Moonlit Cove. 1941..:i6x 32". Lent by George L. iel Currier and the succeeding firm of Currier & Ivee, a . Shaskan. partnership formed in 1857, published some 6.700 differ- 'i~.').IA~- , ent lithographs. *70 Self-portrait. 1943. 4~x 30,r Lent by Phillips '1J.,"." Memorial Gallery. Ill. p.98. *61 The Life of a Hunter. A Tight Fix. 1861. Colored lithograph. after painting by Arthur F. 'I'ait, DEMUTH, Charles. 1883-1935. Born Lancaster', Pa. "","4;''", 18% x 27".· Ill. p.62. Studied Pennsylvania Academy under Chase and An- 62 Life on the Prairie-The Trapper's Defense. "Fire shutz; 1904 to Paris for 2 years. 1912 again to Paris, Fight Fire." 1862. Colored lithograph, after paint- Colarossi Academy. 1914 return to U. S. Outstanding ing by Arthur F. Tait, 187'2x 277ilf watercolorist; vaudeville subjects, architecture. still life, illustrations for Henry James, Zola, Poe, Balzac. The Lightning Express Trains. Leaving the Junc- Lived in Lancaster with frequent trips to New York. tion. 1863. Colored lithograph by Fanny F. Palmer, Died Lancaster. 17J/g x 27yg" .. Ill. p.62. 'f3.n~-i4 6/ The Champions of the Mississippi. A Race for the Five illustrations for The Turn of the Screw by Henry Buckhorue. 1866. Colored lithograph by Fanny F. James. 1918. Watercolor, each 8 x 10%": Palmer, 18,;(x 27~u.·Ill. Trois Sieeles d'Art aux ",". J9~r "She had picked up a small Oat piece of wood ... " Etats-Unis, pl, 10. Ill. Modern. Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators, .,UU7 . 65 The Great Fire at Chicago, Oct. 8, 1871. Colored 1a.1977 p.91. lithograph. 16yg x *72 "Did I steal?" Ill. p:101. 2413". 13.,q7S' NOB. 61-65, lent by Harry T. Peters. 73 "1 ean see-s-the way-his hand-passed from one crenelation to the next." 15./9% CURRY, John Steuart. Born Dunavant, Kan. 1897; *74 "Mrs. Grose watched them with positive placid- grew up on father's farm. 1916 Kansas City Art Insti- , ity .•. " Ill. p.lOl. tute; Chicago Art Institute; Art Students' League; _ _ Nos. 7l-74,len:t by Frank C. Osborn. Russian Academy, Paris. 1932 traveled several months J)b.3S 75 "At a House In Harley Street." 8 x 11", Museum of with Ringling Brothers Circus. Section of Fine Arts mu- Modem Art, gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. rals, Departments of Justice and Interior, Washington. Since 1936 artiet-in-reeidence, University of ~isconsin. DEWING, Thomas Wilmer. 1851-1938. Born Boston . . '!l> ~~ lJ,\2/SS *66 Hogs Killing a Rattlesnake. 1932. 30'x 38 • Lent by Pupil of Lefebvre and Boulanger, Paris. 1876-79. Set- Associated American.Artiste. Ill. p.119. tIed in New York. With Twacbtman, Weir, Tarbell and
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t 1841, devoted himself to landscape painting, working others, 1898, formed "Ten American Painters," group directly outdoors (unusual at the time), A founder of which oppoeed academic tradition and favored individ- ~National Academy in 1826; succeeded Morse as its ual experiment. Painted very little after 1920. Freer president, 1845-61. Died Jefferson Village, N. J. Gallery, Washington, set aside room for his paintings, >f3,~,llo pastels and silvcrpoints. Died New York. *81 Kindred Spirits [Thomas Cole and Willi.amCullen 17 Bryant]. 1849. ~~ 36 • Lent hy New York Public *76 The Recitation. 1891. 3cJfx 5ff~':Lent by Detroit Library. Ill. p.g;;'.4f Institute of Arts. 1Il. p.8l. EAKINS, Thomas. 1344-1916. Born Philadelphia. Stu- DICKINSON, Edwin W. Born Seneca Falls, N. Y. died Pennsylvania Academy; physician's course in anat- 1891. Studied with Chase and Charles Hawthorne. To omy, Jefferson Medical College. Paris 1866-69, Ecole France 1937. Taught 1939 Art Institute of Buffalo, Art des Beaux-Arts under Gerome, also with Bonnat and Students' League. Worked on Massachusetts WPA Art sculptor Dumont; traveled in Spain and other parts of Project. Lived at Provincetown; now lives \'\'ellfleet, Europe. Settled in Philadelphia 1870, painting, doing Mass. some sculpture, teaching at Pennsylvania Academyand , ~. Philadelphia Art Students' League. Series of rowing, ~~,I~~q . ., • ".i *77 FIgures and Still Life. 1933-37.97 x 77%: ", Lent by sailing, hunting, baseball pictures 1871.:75; prize fights Passedoit Gallery. Ill. p.123. 1888-89. Portraits, noted today for penetrating honesty, 113.7.').#10 78 Portrait of a Man. 1941. 20 x 23' •.Lent by' Pas- drew adverse criticism; greatly underestimated as an sedoit Gallery. artist during his lifetime. Died Philadelphia.
MoMAExh_0246_MasterChecklist DOUGHTY,Thomas. 1793-1356.BornPhiladelPhi~·n·-fs2 Elizabeth at the Piano. 1375.72~ ~~~Lent hy Abandoned successful career as leather merchant to Addison Gallery of American Art. Ill. p.74. paint. Sell-taught, one of first Americans to paint land- EILSHEMIUS, Louis Michel. 1864-1941. Born near scapesexclusively;forerunner of Colein founding native Newark, N. J., of Dutch descent. Educated Geneva and landscape school. Scenes painted near Philadelphia and Dresden. At 17 returned to America, studied bookkeep- New York popular in Paris, London and U. S., but met ing, then agricnlture at Cornell. Studied Art Students' with little financial success. Died New York. League; 1886 under Bouguereau, Paris. Traveled Eu-
17 rope, Africa, South Seas, and U. S. for 20 years, occa- 79 In Nature's Wonderland. 1835. 247;i x 30 • Lent by sionally returning to New York. Met Ryder 190B. Detroit Institute of Arts. Painting admired by Marcel Ducbamp, 1917, at Inde- pendent show, New York, resulting in exhibitions, DUNCANSON, Robert S. 1821-71. Negro, born Cin- Societe Anonymc 1920, 1924. A prolific painter until cinnati. Spent part of boyhood in Canada, retwning to 1921, w,aslittle-known until after 1932, in spite of deter- Cincinnati where his talent attracted attention about mined self_advertising. Died New York.
1840. Sent to study in Scotland by Anti-Slavery League. 1f~.llJ/l I . Upon return became respected member of Cincinnati "'83 Don Quixote_ 1895. 2071 30r Lent by Kleemann group of artists; numerous portrait and mural commie- . Galleries. ffl. p.86. ~~~.~I· (",t ."h. 17 . sions from promincnt families. Returned to Europe, 84 A:tternoon Wind. 1899. 20 x 36 • Museum of Mod- exhibited allegorical and historical canvases with con- ern Art, given anonymously. Ill. Painting and
siderable success in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London. ,ID" ':l? '1 Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, p.37. y"0I.~""... c.om~...+tO"'l Revisited Cincinnati late '60s, painted Western scene "'85 .Jealousy. 1915. Oil o~board, ~ x W. Lent by under influenceof James H. Beard and Duvencck. Valentine Gallery. Ill. p.86. Z2Y~x :'oh. "'80 Blue Hole, Flood Waters, Little Miami River. 185l. 297;i x 42~". Lent by Cincinnati Art Museum. EVERGOOD, Philip. Born New York 1901. Educated Ill. p.65. at Eton and Cambridge, England. Apprenticed to Havard Thomas. sculptor, Slade School. London 1921- 23; Art Students' League, New York, 1923-24,; Julian' DURAND, Asher Brown. 1796-1886. Born Jefferson Academy, 'Paris, 1924; British Academy, Rome, 1925. Village, N. J. 1312 apprenticed 5 years to engraver, 1940-41 artist_in_residenee, Kalamazoo College, Mich. Peter Maverick. 1820-23 engraved Trumbull's Declare- WPA mural, Richmond Hill. N. Y.; Section of Fine Arts tion: oj Independence, whicb gained him prominence. mural, Jackson, Ga. Lives Woodside, Long Island. About 1835 gave up successful career as commercial J.2.'U ,Dlg engraver of tickets, banknotes, etc.; turned to portrait *86 M.y Forebears Were Pioneers. 1938-39. ~ x painting, practising in Washington. 1840 to Europe, ~". Lent by Lt. and Mrs. Bruce Ryan. Ill. p.107. copyingold masters in London and Italy. Upon return, %" Ell:>~E1'\\U~,1...,;,,, M,<~.\[,ont.) ~xJS " 134 '1~.1..}1}_ Th.e~.,<"-e. l'II\",.257r .
01\ 0<) c,...... I.~i{,oC} OOQ,..-J... le.-....-t- b'\ ~Q..\'(.oe'" G,o..\\u ie~, FEININGER, Lyouel. Born" New York 1871. Son of ~~'tz..93 Snake and Moon. 1938-39. Gouache and water- two musicians; studied violin. To Germany 1887. / ,':'1 colo~ 25!1 x 30}4". Ill. Am;ricans 19$2, p.55. Abandoned musical career art trainlna Kunstgev v-erbe- ecbule Hambura: BerlinA'e· d fF'· A W·d I /$.1+2. *94 Blind Bird. 1940. Gouache, 3078 x 27". Color fron- , "" a emyo Ine rts. 1 ey .. known as illustrator and cartoonist for German and nspt;;i' ..~h,)· French papers, 1906-07 for Chicago Tribune. Turned to ~I. *2.. 95 Little Kno ....."II. Bird of the Inner Eye. 194,1.Gouache, painting, studying in Paris 1907; influenced by Cubism. 21 x 36%". Ill. Americans 1942, p.56. Exhibited ~vi~b Marc. Kendinaky, Klce in Berlin 1913.,t.1.J.l1... *96 Owl of the Inner Eye. 1941. Gouache, 20% x 36%". Taught pamnng and graphic arts at Bauhaus. Weimar Ill. p.126.• and Deseeu ~919-34. Returned to U. S. 1936; 1937 Nos. 93-96, Museum of Modern Art, Purchase taught at MIlls College. Oakland. Calif. Lives New Fund.
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Geov..o..c..he.j l:ot )("9 ", . *87 The Bird Cloud. 1926. 17% x 28yg". Lent by GROPPER, William. Born New York 1897 of Lithuan- J. B. Neumann. Ill. p.100. ian parentage. 1913-18 National Academy, New York School of Fine and Applied Art. Well-known graphic *88 Steamer/Odin. 1927. 26)1 x 3972". Lent by Buch- artist; cartoonist for New York Herald Tribune 1919; holz Gallery. Ill. p.100. M.e.• -\"I"~ then for Rebel Worker. Daily Worker, The Liberator. Vanity Fair. New Masses. 1927 to Russia with Theodore FETT. William. Born Ann Arbor. Mich. 1918. Studied Dreiser and Sinclair Lewis. Guggenheim fellowship Art Institute of Chicago 4 years, graduating 1941. To 1937. Painter, illustrator •.author. Section of Fine Arts Mexico on traveling fellowship for 14 months. Lives murals. Detroit and Department of Interior, \Vashing-
MoMAExh_0246_MasterChecklist Michoacen, Mexico. ton. 'Lives Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y. 1/.1 23bb '97 The Defenders. 1941. 20 x 24". Lent by A.C.A. The Dangerous Night. 1943. Watercolor. 17;4 x Gallery. Ill. p.95. 26%". Lent by Smith College Museum of Art. Ill. p.126. GROSZ. George. Born Berlin 1893. Studied at Dresden Academy and Kunetgcwerbeschule, Berlin. 1913 to FORBES, Donald. Born Auburn, Neb. 1905. Self. Paris. In German army' 1914-18. Famous for .satirical taught. Worked on New York WPA Art Project. Lives drawings of World War. Dadaist in Berlin. 1919. 1932 New York. ' to U. S. Has taught at Art Students' League intermit- £ L.:J9.1771"" tendy since 1932. Guggenheim fellowship 1937 and *90 Millstone. c. 1936. 2634 x 36/1'.WPA Art Program. 1938. Lives Douglaston, Long Islend. /~f.'f7.- ~~1,,",,"1- • .,.h) ,/;3.2-/:' -r ~ 0 91 Jose. 1940. 19 x IS ", Museum of Modern Art, Mrs. 98 Early Moon. . 20 x 26/1. Lent by Associated Simon Guggenheim Fund. American Artists. f).II7l *99 No Let-up. 1940. 2s4x 21". Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Adams, Jr. Ill. p.97. FULLER. George. 1822-84. Born Deerfield. Mass. Studied briefly with sculptor H. K. Brown. Albany. 3 years as itinerant portrait painter; studied in Boston. HALL, Carl. Born Washington. D. C. 1922. 1939-41 Lived in New York 12 years.lH59 trip to Europe. Little Meinzinger Art School. Detroit, under Carlos Lopez. success with portraits or landscapesr 1860 retired to Now in U. S. Army. family farm in Deerfield. painting only in leisure time J/~.lH," until 1876 when he exhibited in Boston with financial 100 Interlochen, Michigan. 1940. 24U x 40". Lent by and artistic success. Studio in Boston. Died Brookline. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 1\1a6s.• ,y~..1170 92 "And She Was a Witch. 30 x 40". Lent by Metro- HART, "Pop" (George Overbury). 1868-1933. Born politan Museum of Art. Cairo. Ill. Self-taught except for few months at Art Institute of Chicago and Julian Academy, Paris. From 1900 traveled and painted. doing odd jobs to pay bis GRAVES. Morris. Born Fox Valley. Ore. 19lO. Since way, in Italy, Egypt. South Pacific islands, West Indies. 1911 lived chiefly in western Washington; high school Iceland. France. 1907 bought land and built shack. in Beaumont, Tex. Trip to Japan. 1930; Puerto Rico, Coytesville, N. J.; painted signs for amusement parks 1940. Worked on Washington WPA Art Project. Lives and movie sets, Fort Lee, N. J. until 1920; from 1921 Anacortes. Wash. worked only at own painting. Trips to S?utb America,
135 JlJi •.2/,J ,z .. - lOS Shakespeare at Dusk. 1935. H1i'x 25/1" Lent by Mexico, North Africa, etc. Draftsman, print maker, Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery. watercolorist; recognition as artist after 1925. Died >1sz: +"~I06 Cape Cod Evening. 1939. 30 x 40". Lent by Frank New York. K. M. Rehn Gallery. Ill. p.89. - sn~ . 7'1,3 ~ 101 The Sultan's Messenger. 1929. Watercolor and *107 Gas. 1940. 26M:x 40>i". Museum of Modern Art, pastel, 16% .x 22%". Museum of Modern Art, Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. Color plate/acing given anonymously. p.38. TS.,:r _1'\,l1.. Me,",",,"! C,o~lC.O'\.lo"l'\~O~" P\€'JC;e.Q.l~?.~~Ie. .." A ..+ " .....e.....-. Qo.....,o...,l~.,~'lIll· ) 'y,k...k.c-c. ...l(l .... <'l-"Ocl \o\:.,jl''fx.1..~~'f .l"ll.l.~t..\M'>'l" j HARTLEY, Marsden. 1877-1943. Born Lewiston. Me. HULSART. Cornelius B., publisher, New York. At 15, Cleveland School of Art; 1899 Chase School, New 1f~.Z2. ,"0 York; 4 years National Academy. Knew Ryder. 1908 108 Capturing a Sperm Whale. 183S. Aquadnt colored work shown by Stieglitz at "291." To Europe 1912; by hand; engraved by J. Hall; painted by William 1914.16 France, Germany, exhibited Munich and Berlin . Page {rom sketch by C. B. Huleart; 16~ x 24)417. with Kandineky, Klee, Marc. 1918-20 Southwest U. S. Lent by Old Print Shop. 1921 to Europe, 4 years in Germany; 1926·27 France. Guggenheim fellowship 1930; to Mexico. From 1931, in HUNT. William Morris. 1824-79. Born Brattleboro, New York and Maine. Worked on New York WPAArt Vt. 3 years at Harvard, then to Europe. Intended to Project. Published poems and essays. Died Ellsworth, beco~c sculptor. Studied in Rome; c.1844 in Paris with Maine. Barye; c. 1846 Diisseldorf where he disliked the teach- ing. Returned to Paris to take up painting. Favorite Evening Storm, Maine. 1942. Oil bb,4~'102 Scboodic, on pupil of Couture c. 1847-52; then associated with Millet, composition board, 30 x 40". Museum of Modern MoMAExh_0246_MasterChecklist living near him in Barbizon. Returned to America 1855, Art, acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. worked in Brattleboro and Newport, R. I.; from 1862 . Ill. p.~3. in Boston. Influential as teacher, patron, led trend away from Dusseldorf to French art. Murals in Albany State Capitol (later ruined). Drowned, Isles of Shoals, N. H. 2J 1,· rot The Jewess. Between 1847.52. 2:#", 18~- (oval). Lent anonymously, through Museum of Fine Arts, /flJ,t.2.f9 Boston. "-ow jJ'<"O~~ ~(),iilYi,'j"\."1 "'lID The Ball Players. 16ft M. Lent by Detroit Insti- iI,.'?'':II7.. tutc of Arts. Ill. p.72. *111 The Bathers. 1877. 24 x 16". Lent by Worcester Art Museum. Ill. p.72.
HOMER, Winslow. 1836.1910. Born Boston. Litho- INMAN, Henry. 1801-46. Born Utica, N. Y. Appren- grapher's apprentice, 1855. New York 1859; studied ticed to Jarvis 7 years; traveled with him in U. S. National Academy and with Frederic Rondel. Illustra- Known for portraits, miniatures and genre paintings. tions for Harper's Weekly and other periodicals 1858-76. although he preferred landscapes. Successful in New War correspondent 1862-64. First oils, 1862. Parle 1867. York and Philadelphia until 1838 when health failed. Virginia, 1876·80. England, 1881-82. Settled at Prout's 1844 to England with commissions from friends to paint Neck, Maine, ]884; first of large marines. Subsequently Wordsworth and others. Died New York. visited Canada and the Adirondacks, the Bahamas, 1~,2/'" Iq"C •.,J..,.j . Cuba, Florida, Bermuda. Died Prout's Neck. 112 A Picnic in the Catskills'/l 48 x 34J/g". Lent by Brooklyn Museum. Jj'.;J.f7'! *104 Thl? Gulf Stream. 1899. 3031 x 50~". Lent by Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ill. p.79. INNESS, George. 1825·94 ..Born near Newburgh. N. Y.; family moved to Newark, N. J. Started as F.lhopkeeper, HOPPER, Edward. Born Nyack, N. Y. 1882. 1900·05 then apprenticed to map engraver; turned to landscape Chase School under Henri and Hayes Miller. 1906·07 painting. Brief study under Regts GignolL't. New York, in Paris, influenced by Impressionism; 1909 and 1910 but practically self-taught. 1847 to London and Rome Bummers in Europe. Illustrator until 1924; known for for 15months; to Paris early 185010for 1 year, influenced etchings. 1924 successful show of watercolors; gave up by Barbleon. 1871 to Paris and Rome for 4 years. 'Lived commercial work and returned to oil painting. Lives' last 15 year-s in Montclair, N. J. While traveling in Scotland, died at Bridge of Allan. New York.
136 #r#./67F ofl on eeoC·..·.,po~i+io~ bOQ,.-rd.) . 'U3 The Monk. 1873. 38Y, x 64Y,'. Lent by Stephen KENSETT, John Frederick. 1818-72.Born Cheshire, C. Clark. Ill. p.7g. Conn. Apprenticed to engraver, his uncle, Alfred Dag, ¥~.2.l" *114 The Approaching Storm. c. 1880.2772x 42°. Lent gett; painted in leisure time. 1840 to Europe with by Addison Gallery of American Arl. Ill. p.75. Durand; 7 years in England, Germany, Switzerland, Italy. Sent home paintings whichestablished reputation in U. S. Settled in New York'by 1848;successful career. JOHNSON, Eastman. 1824.1906. Born Lovell, Me. At Trip West 1866.Died New York. 15 apprenticed to Boston lithographer. At 18 started ~,,~/81 drawing portraits; before 1846 was well established in *122 Seashore. 1860. lsYgx30~','Lent by New York Washington, D. C. 1846·49 Boston; portraits of Long. Public Library, Stuart Collection. Ill. p.68. fellow, his family and friends. 1849 to Dusseldorf to study, sharing studio with Leutze. Visited Paris and KENT, Rockwell. Born Tarrytown Heights, N. Y. London; painted 372 years at The Hague. 1855 to U. S. 1882.Studied With Chase, Henri, Hayes Miller, Ahbott 1856-57 painted Indians and frontier life, Wisconsin. Thayer. In Newfoundland Ivl-t-Ifi; Alaska 1918; south- 1857 portraits in Cincinnati; 1859in Washington; then ern France, Ireland; Greenland 3 years; Tierra del settled in New York. Turned to genre; followed Union Fuego 1922. Bainter, illustrator. print maker, author. Army during Civil War, sketching. Trips to Fryeburg Formerly President of United AmericanArtists, C.I.O. and Kennebunkport, Me., Catskills; from 1870summers Lives Ausable Forks, N. Y. at Nantucket. From mid-1830s painted chieflyportraits. Died New York. .et i~'~/'';I 30' YP 123 Toil~rs of the S~~. 190? ~ x 44~:Lcnt by Lewisohn Collection -.Ill. p.88. A Ride for Liberty-The Fugitive Slaves. c. 1862-
MoMAExh_0246_MasterChecklist 63? Oil on academy board, 21% x 26~". Lent by Brooklyn Museum. KIRKLAND, Vance H. Born Conway, Ohio 1904. Studied Cleveland School of Art with H. G. Keller. 'fS.ZJ.2.J/ "'116 Girl Picking Water Lilies. 1865. Oil on academy Section of Fine Arts murals. Eureka, Kan., Sayre, Okla. hoard, x ~. Lent by Mr. and Mrs. I. M. laJ) Director, Kirkland Schoolof Art, Denver. Cohen. Ill. p.7l. Jif r," . '1:3,/ /,,91, f',Z-;'oZ *lI7 Study for The WOWldedDrummer Boy. c. 1870? 124 A Misty Landscape. 19"13.Watercolor. 29 x 41". " Oil on academy hoard, 2634 x 21).1".Lent:by Fine Lent by the artist. Arts Society of San Diego. Ill. p.71.
;'5.1'" lI8 Sugaring Off (unfinished). c. 1365.71?52% x 96°. KOPMA~, Benjamin. 'Born Vitebsk, Russia 1887. To Lent by Curt Valentin. New York at 17.1905'·09National Academy. Worked on New York WPA Art Project. Lives Far Rockaway, Long Island. KANTOR, Morris. Born Minsk, Russia 1896. To U. S. ~~,:l.IPI ~ 1909. 1914 started as cartoonist. Studied with Homer *125 A Lynching. 1930.2~x 47". Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Boss, Independent School, New York. 1916·17. Spare. Bernard Reis. Ill. p.95. time painter for many years, until 1927 to Paris for a year. Worked on WPA Art Project, New York. Lives KURZ and ALLISON, publishers, Chicago. New York and ~ew City, N. Y. 1(3, ,'1.' '1'3.~/JI 126 The Great Conemaugh-ValleyDisaster, Flood and "'119 Haunted House. 1930. 37 x 3334". Lent hy Art Fire at Johnstown, Pa. 1889. Color lithograph, Institute of Chicago. Ill. p.104. 173-1x 25". Lent by Old Print Shop.
\\.'::lb 120 South Truro Church. 1934. 24>4'x 27". Museum of Modern Art, gilt of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, LA FARGE, John. 1835-1910.BornNew York. Studied Jr. (by exchange). Jaw and architecture; at 22 turned to the arts. To Eu- rope 1856;studied brieflywith Couture, Paris: Munich, Dresden, London, influencedby Prc-Raphaelltee. Work. KARFIOL, Bernard. Born near Budapest of American ed with Hunt at Newport, R. I., whostrongly influenced parents, 1886. To U. S. as child. 1900 studied National him. 1886 to Japan; later Samoa and other Pacific is- Academy; 1901 Julian Academy, Paris; in France 5 lands. Essayist, lecturer, connoisseur; murals, stained years. Returned to U. S. 1906. Lives Irvington-on. glass, mosaics, sculpture. Died Providence, R. I.
Hudson, N. Y. if', ?-J?" I ~r/~X~71f . *127 Portrait of the Artist. 1859. Oil on wood, lQl". #3.2.124 "'121 Boy.1924.~x -BT. Lent by Phillips Memorial 113-1".Lent by. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gallery. Ill. p.112. Ill. p.73.
137 MARIN. John. Born Rutherford. N. J. 1870. Worked 1f3, ~)..z.g *128 The Wolf Charmer. 1907. 80~ x 62Ysf'. Lent by in architects' offices 4,years. Earliest watercolors 1888. Washington University, St. Louis. through City II 1899.1901 Pennsylvania Academy with Ansltuta; 1901- Art Museum of St. Louis. Ill. p.80. 03 Art Students' League. New Yurko 1905 to Europe for II 4 years; lived in Paris; traveled Italy. Holland, Bel- LEBRUN, Rico. Born Naples, Italy 1900. Studied art gium, England. Etchings, oils, watercolors. 1909 first III in Naples. Italian Army, World War. To U. S. 1924 to show at Sti.eglitz' gallery "291"; returned to U. S. establish branch of Naples stained glass factory in 1910-11 to Europe again; Paris, Tyrol, Germany. In I Springfield. Ill. To New York 1925. Guggenheim fellow- U. S. since 1911. Lives Cliffside, N. J. and Maine. ships, 1935 and 1937. Taught Art Students' League; f3,2:J109 . Chouinard Art Institute. Los Angeles; Sophie New- *136 Sunset. Casco Bay. 1919. Watercolor.1~ 19}1·. comb College, New Orleans. Lives Westport, Conn. Lent by Georgia O'Kceffe. Ill. p.91. 1~·~~.~ 137 Lower Manhattan. 1920. Watercolor. 21.'Y8x -fS,2.lIif *129 Migration to Nowhere. 1941. Gouache on board. 26J/g II. Lent by Philip L. Goodw~n: TIl. Art- in 30 x 48". Lent by the artist. Ill. p.122. Our Time, no. 212. ._ 130 Cicada. 1943. 35 x 4011'. Lent by the artist. ·#,"'1£8 On Morse Mountain, Small Point. Maine. 1928. (.tid. ~lli" e.eo-e} Watercolor. 21 x 16%". Lent by Philip L. Goodwin. Ill. in color Jvhn Marin, facing p.22. LEVI, Julian E. Born New York 1900. Studied Penn- 7IJ sylvania Academy. To Europe 1920; Italy, 4 years in faV 139 Storm Over Taos, New Mexico. 1930. Watercolor. France. Worked on New York WPA Art Project. 1943 15,< x 241sLent by An American Place. Ill. John artist.correspondent on U. S. Navy project. Lives New Marin, color frontispiece.
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~,ZIl7 . *131 Buoys. 1939. 18 x 22", Lent by John L. Sexton. MATTSON, Henry Elis. Born Gothenburg, Sweden 1887. To U. S. 1906. Worked as mechanic, Worcester. Ill. p.113. Maes., studying at Art Museum.·Largely self-taught. To Sweden to study art but returned to America; work- LUDINS, Eugene David. Born Russia 1904. To New ed for International Harvester Co.• Chicago. Guggen- York as a child. Studied Art Students' League. Worked .heim fellowship 1935. Section of Fine Arts mural, Port- on New York WPA Art Project. Since 1930 has lived land, Me.; worked on New York WPA Art Project. Woodstock, N. Y. Since 191.6has lived in Woodstock, N. Y. 1~.2/'O ('/"f '']I),.) ~.)/n 132 Rotten Foundations. 1938. 307&x 507'8"' Lent by 140 Moonlit Still Life. 1938. 24 x 36"'. Ill. Art in Our Associated 4-merican Artists. JI.,,~/~7J Time. no. 129. l I *141 Stars and Sea. 1941. 3~1( 42". Ill. p.108.So/J,. J..., Jf,,1./b/133 Interlnde.1940. 36)/z" 48~Jl. Lent by Associated 'i:>"~9 ' -/ American Artists. Ill. p.ll7. *142 Jungle Play. 1941. 26 x 40". tu. p.109. 1/~.2JIf:r 143 Night Witchery. 1941. 16 x 24". MacIVER, Loren. Born New York 1909. Studied Art Nos. 140-43.lent by Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery. Students' League. National Academy. Worked on New York WPA Art Project. Lives New York. MEEKER, Joseph Rusling. Born Newark, N. J. 1827. To New York 1845,studied National Academy. Painted Jf~.J9i7, *134 The Violet Hour. 1943. 90M x 57%:11. Lent .by 3 years in Buffalo; 1852·59 in Louisville, Ky .• later, Pierre Matisse Gallery. Ill. p.127. studio. St. Louis. Landscape, figure and portrait painter. *3.U~' MANGRAVITE, Peppino. Born Lipari Island. Italy 144 Lake Pontchertrain. 1876. 20% :x 36". Lent by 1896.To U. S. 1912; to live 1915.Studied Cooper Union Mrs. Leighton K. Montgomery. 1915.16; Art Students' League 1917. Guggenheim fel- lowships 1932 and 1936. Section of Fine Arts murals. MELCARTH, Edward. Born Louisville, Ky. 1914. Department of Labor, Washington, Atlantic City, N. I., Studied Chelsea Art School. London; Academie Ran- Flushing and Hempstead. N. Y. Taught Colorado son, Paris; with Karl Zerbe, Boston, 1935-36. 194.2to Springs Fine Arts Center. Cooper Union. Sarah Law Iran as truck driver in construction work; now able. renee College.etc. Lives New York, bodied seaman. Merchant Marine. '-I '1'J. 135 The Abduction of a Beautiful Lady. 1935. ~1109'f Ji'. 145 Girl's Head. 1943. 12 x 10", Lent by Durlacher Gouache.17 %x 11%". Lent by Whitney Museum Brothers. :ieoJd. b~ Ie-nder'""'. of American Art.
138 #~_f-ZJ? . Oil on c...... ,r0:.'+'on MILLER, Alfred Jacob. 1810-74. Born Baltimore.' 151 The Greek Boy (Christal; Evangelides). 1828. 'oa,,:--r Studied with Sully. Successful in Baltimore and Wash- 21 X 17" (oval). Lent by M. Knoedler & C~. ington. To Europe 1833, studying in Paris, Florence. f,"~31'?> *152 The Chapel of the Virgin at Subiaco. 1830·31. and Rome where he knew Thorwaldeon, Greenough. 30 x 37/. Lent by Worcester Art Museum. Ill. 1837 in New Orleans met Scotsman. Sir William Drum. p.56. mond Stewart. who traveled with him to Rocky "Moun- tains and commissioned series of Indian paintings now in Scotland. 1841 in Scotland. painting portraits. Re- MOUNT. William Sidney. 1807.68. Born Setauket, turned Baltimore; painted portraits until his death Long Island, N. Y. About 1824 apprenticed to brother. there. a portrait and .sign painter in New York; 1326 studied I National Academy. 1829. studio in New York, portrait I 'f~, n..51", , *146 Buffalo Hunt. c. 184,0.3~x 44', Lent by Victor and genre painter. 1836 poor health caused return to D. Spark. Ill. p.60. ~o/d! Tho~.G,; Ic.~~ hlJ.lOrk17en, Long Island. 1843 visited Cole at Catskill. Painted local '3,,",,1.1 - Indrc..n j:-(Ir;. .. mlw..,.+. "q}'1-~",qy.,.~ Lc.nT by Old. farm and village life. designed horsedrawn "portable I 'P~I"1' ~hlll!.-' studio." Painted for Currier & Ivee. Died East Setauket. MILLMAN, Edward. Born Chicago 1907. Studied Art , ¥~,'-o'/l. Institute of Chicago; fresco painting in Mexico. WPA *153 Landscape with Figures. 1851. 19 x 28M/. Lent ! murals, Chicago; Section of Fine Arts frescoes, Decatur by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. IU. and Moline, Ill., St. Louis. Lives New York. Now in p.54, U. S. Navy. (cLid. 'f.<.,o+ eO Ill. p.76. Oil 00 ~.""r~...t-; .. 'l \:.~. 16~"'J.. 2. "t ~,," up teacbing to paint. Lives New York and New Mexico. y~.Z.Jf? • MORSE. Samuel Finl~y Brecse. 1791.1872. Born *157 Black Cros~, New Me~ico. 1929. 39 x. 30 . Lent Charlestown, Mass. Yale 1810., Pupil of Allston. ac. by Art Institute of Chicago. Ill. p.90. companying bim to England 1811; remained 4 years. ~3-,Zll~~ Ranchos Church No.3. 1929. 15 :x 111/. Lent hy Friend of Turner, Sir Thomas Lawrence. Coleridge. An American Place. Wordsworth. 1815 returned to U. S.; painted portraits 't~·2.~"i'9151 Deer's Skull aud Pedernal.1936. 36 x 301/. Lent by for a living with ouly moderate SlIccess. A founder of An American Place. National Academy of Design. its first president lR27-45; also 1861-62. After 1832 devoted much time to his inven- ORR. Elliot. Born Flushing, Long Islan.d, N. Y. 1904. tion of tbe telegraph. eventually giving up painting. Studied with Luks; Grand Central Art School. Worked Introduced daguerreotype to America. Died New York. PICKENS. Alton. Born Seattle 1917. Studied about on Massachusetts WPA Art Project. Lives Waquoit. 6 months Portland Museum Art School. Came to New Mass. Now in U. S. Navy. York 1939. where he now lives. If~.'1.'/.41. 160 The Treasure. 1939. 12 x 10". Lent by Kleemann ~~.'l-.9i 11 168 The Blue Doll. 1942. 42% x 35 • Lent by the (7\~1- .~.) Galleries. artist. M.e, Il\>fl·tll> 1f,.22J/J 161 The Dying Ship. 1941. 30 x 2078"".Lent by Kleemanu Galleries. ~\o. IJ\J rt..t.. f\\l;>,.m\r' ~ ....~ le.."\ _ \"\lJ,J'1,+Il"l PITTMAN. Hobson. Born Tarboro. N. C. 1900. JfJ. :L-/JZ *162 Desecration. 1941.24 x 3D".Lent by Lt. and Mrs. Alastair Bradley-Martin. Ill. p.llO. Studied Pennsylvania State College. Columbia Univer- sity. Carnegie Institute. To Europe 1928.1930 and 1935. Director of Art, Friends' School, Overbrook, Pa, Lives OSVER, Arthur. Born Chicago 1912. Art Institute of Upper Darby, Fa. Chicago traveling fellowship 1937. Worked on Illinois J('.l.I~~ u WPA,Art Project. Lives New York. 169 The Widow. 1937. l~x 25 • Lent by Whitney Museum of American Art. I u 3J.10. f.t*163 Melancholyof a Roofto~.1942. 48 x 24 ••Museum 1f~,J'lf70 Old Friends. 1941. 30ys x 4034"~. Lent by •• .-.f Modern Art. Mrs. SImon Cuggenhcim Fund. Philip L . G00 dwi Will.•III·p •. 105 III . p.125. POLOS. Theodore C. Born Greece 1902. To U. S. at 14. PAGE. William. 1811-85.Born Albany, N. Y. 1320 to Settled in the West 1922.Studied with Xavier Martinez. MoMAExh_0246_MasterChecklist New York; at 14 in law office;left to study briefly with Spencer Mackay. Worked on California WPA ArtProj- the portrait painter, James Herring; then with Morse at ect. Lives San Francisco. National Academy. About 1828 decided to enter Pres- ~;;.l7al- byterian ministry; 2 years study at Andover and Am- *171 Green Landscape. 1940. 1634 x 20". Lent by the "herst. 1830returned to art; from 1835recognized pOI'· artist. Ill. p.96. trait painter. Worked in Boston and New York; 1849to Europe, livingmostly in Rome until return to New York 1860. Friend of Inness. 1866 settled in Tottenville, PRICE, Clayton S. Born on a ranch, Iowa 1874. Until Staten Island, where be died. about 45, cowhand and ranchman, chiefly in Wyoming. Taught himself to draw animals on the range. At 31 164 Self-portrait. 1860. 59 x 36''f.Lent" by Detroit spent 1 year at St. Louis School of Art. 1909·10 maga- Institute of Arts. zine illustrator. Portland. Ore. 1918 to San Francisco and Monterey to paint. 1929 to Portland to live. #.,.~,z~*165 Portrait of Mrs. Page. c. 1860. 59 x 36)4". Lent Worked on Oregon WPA Art Project. by Detroit Institute of Arts. Ill. p.69. "$.~/1R 0/, *172 Fishermall.1941. 341\x42u• Lent by Detroit Insti- PALMER, William C. Born Des Moines, Iowa 1906. tute of Arts. Ill. p.94. Studied Art Students' League with Hayes Miller, Boardman Robinson. Benton; fresco painting at Fon- QUIDOR, John. 1801.81.Born Tappan. N. Y. Studied tainebleau. Taught Art Students' League4 years. WPA briefly with Jarvis. New York. Unsuccessful as portrait murals, New York; .Section of Fine Arts murals. Post painter. made living painting signs.coaches. fireengines. Office Department. Washington. Boston, Monticello, Preoccupied with literary sources. used themes from Iowa. Director, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Irving and Cooper. Lived mostly in New York. Schoolof Art, Utica, N. Y. ~~.ZJ~3 *173 The Money Diggers. 1832. 16~ x 21%". Lent by *166 Spring Landscape with Ruins. '1938.Tempera and Mrs. Sheldon Keck. (From Irving Tales oj a oil on canvas. 24 x 30u• Le~t by ~ijdtown Caller- Traoeller.) Ill. p.S8. iee. Ill. p.ll8., ' ~lct\~4 Leetherstocking Meets the Law. 1832. 27~ x 34;"'C. Lent by New York State Historical Aeeo- PELLEW, John C. Born Pcnzance, Cornwall. England elation. (From Cooper 'The Pioneers.) 1903. At 14 apprenticed to firm of marine engineers; workedonpatrol boats. To U. S. 1921.Signpainter until 1929.Lives Astoria, Long Island. REMINGTON. Frederic. 1861-1909. Born Canton, N. Y. Studied Yale School of Fine Arts, Art Students' ii3.:Z:~2.:'- *167 East River Nocturne. No.2. 1941. 28~ x 36~. League. Went West as oow-puucher,Magazine and book (Lent by Contemporary Arts~Ill. p.lIO. illustrator and writer, painter and sculptor of \Vestern ~ol i. Mt., "'-J. t1."to. M; ~too \..rn.....e..tlth 0..\ . 140 life, particularly Indians and cowboys. Illustrator of National Academy with Leon Kroll and Charles Haw. Theodore Roosevelt's books on West. Greatest popular. thorne. Merchant seaman during World War. To Paris ity in '90s. Studio at New Rochelle, N. Y. Died near 1930-31, studied with Andre Lbote. Worked on New Ridgefield, Conn. Remington Art Memorial (museum), York WPA Art Project. Lives Jamaica, Long Island. Ogdensburg,N. Y', 'f.,l-'H. 21j~J( JfO 183 Trees. 1943.22 x 28". Lent by Contemporary Arts. -'I"'':<~/O *175 Fired On. ~ x 399('''. Lent by National Collec- . > • tion of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution. Ill. p.76. SLOAN, John. Born Lock Haven, Pa. 1871; grew up in .Philadelphia. At 16 supported family; studied at night with Ansbutz at Pennsylvania Academy. Staff artist RICHARDSON, Constance Coleman. Born Berlin, on Philadelphia Press. To New York 1905; magazine Germany 1905, of American parents. Studied 3 years at illustrator. One of "The Eight," who first exhibited in Pennsylvania Academy. Lives Detroit. 1908. Helped organize Armory Show, -1913. Distin- guished as etcher and painter of New York life. Taught I ~',2Z3~ 176 Morning in the Bi.gh Pasture. 1941. Oil on g7esso Art Studemrs' League 1914-31; its president 1931-32; , president Society of Independent Artists since 1918. ." 20 x 26~". Lent by Macbeth Gallery. , 01'1e.on-.posi..f..lo>') Section of Fine Arts mural, Yonkers, N. Y. Lives New boo..,.a., York and Santa Fe, N. M. RYDER, Albert Pinkham. 1847·1917.Born New Bed- '13.ZI/,i!.. . ford, Mass. To New York with family about 1867. *184 The City from GreenwichVillage. 1922. 26 x 34,11. Studied briefly with William E. Marshall and 1871 Lent by Kraushaar Oallerice. Ill. p.B8. National Academy of Design. To Europe 1893 with MoMAExh_0246_MasterChecklist Daniel Cottier; England, Holland. Italy. Spain, Mcree- co. Exhibited National Academy 1873-88; Society of SPARJIA\YK-JONES, Elizabeth. Born Baltimore, Am.erican Artists 1878-87; Armory Show 1913. Died 1885. Studied 3 years with Chase at Pennsylvania Elmhurst, Long Island. Academy; won traveling scholarship. Lives 'Vesttowu, Pennsylvania. -¥g.:;r~2..7 *177 Dead Bird. 1890-1900. Oil on wood, 47i x 9%". J/3. ')./ Jib Lent by Phillips Memorial Gallery. courtesy 185 New Hampshire, September 1933. 1938. Water· William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas color on canvas, 20)(b: 19~~'Lent by Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery. gl!lld. ::fohn G,'lm,,-,.. rD.l<,..) City. Ill. p.84. ~ " :M71 '/~, :uoi 1,J.21VI "'178 Macbeth and the Witches.1890·190B. 28~xW. *186 Lady Godiva. 1941. Watercolor on canvas, 20 x Lent by Phillips Memorial Gallery. Ill. p.82. 24/1.Lent by Mrs. Otto L. Spaeth. Ill. p.121. II~ 7/ *179 '0' •• 3 /I iI'3.2.31~ - F.,. M ..... Df"'1 #>1(;Jfh~ .. ))"-'/" I 'Ii/.2. W"~Ill"U.J.,. eo.., CJi.,.,"'Q,,~J .. :11 Moonhoht-Mann.c. 011 on wood, ll%,x 12. :L'I7'fX,I'7Y". L(.",,+b1 F..".,~ \(.~.Tre.~,., Gc:..II..,.y Lent by Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ill. p.84. SPENCER. Mrs. Lilly Martin. 18-n-1902. Boru Eng- ;t3.t.2' ~ 180 Elemental Forces. 21~x 31J.1iu, Lent by Addison land of French parentage. To America at 5; grew up in Gallery of American Art.' Cincinnati. Portrait and genre painter. Lived Newark, N. J. and New York, where she died. ~3.~:J2..~181 The Forest of Arden. 19 x 15', Lent by Stephen C. Clark. Ill. Art in Our Time, no. 28. IfZl·,2.~&7 Reading. 1852. so'it-x-k. Lent by Victor D. Spark. New tide, Ill. p.64. SARGENT, John Singer. 1856-1925. Born Florence. Italy. of American parents. As boy studied art, Italy, SPRUCE, Everett Franklin. Born near Conway, Ark. Germany" France. 1874 entered studio of Carolus 1907.Brought up 00 farm in Oaerks. Studied art Dallas, Duran, Paris; 1879 studied Velasquez in Spain. 1881 Texas 1926-29.Worked at Dallas Museum of Fine Arts turned definitely to portraiture. Successfulin Paris until 1930-40; assistant director from 1935. Since 19,tOhas 1884, then to London. Lived mostly in London; many taught College of Fine Arts, University of Texas. Lives trips to America. During World War, officialartist with .. ~~.Austin Tex. Bri tish Expeditionary Forces in France. Died London. n'P9 eMf .... ;,.) 188 The Hawk. ,1939.Oilon composition board, 19.%x *182 Robert Louis Stevenson. 1885. 2074"x2474"".Lent 23)1". Museum of Modern Art, Purchase Fund. by Mrs. Payne Whitney, through Metropolitan Ill. Americans 1942.p.121. Museum of Art. Ill. p.8l. STUEMPFIG, Walter J. Born Germantown, Pa. 1914. SIEVAN, Maurice. Born Gomel, Russia 1898. To U. S. Studied Pennsylvania Academy; 1934 traveling fellow- 1907. Studied Pratt Institute, Educational Alliance, ship. Lives Collegeville, Pa. 141 TWACHTMAN, Jobn Henry. 1853.i902. Born Cin- ¥3.~~ M 189 Et Ego in Arcadia. 1943. 26h 32~" Lent by cinnati, Ohio. Studied with Duveneck there; 1775 Durlacher Brothers. with Loefftz, Munich; with Boulanger and Lefebvre, ~9)(,5''' Paris. Returned to U. S. 1885; settled near Greenwich, '13, 'l.l.:Jr '190 .Da\1l..."",,,t Cape May. 1943. TOBEY, Mark. Born Centerville, Wis. 1890. Self. VEDDER. Elihu. 1836-1923. Born New York. Studied taught. Lived in Chicago and New York; to Seattle in Paris and Italy. From 1867 lived in Rome and Capri, 1923. Taught art 1931-38 at Dartingtou HaH, Totnes, visiting and exhibiting in U. S. Illustrations. Rubaiy61 South Devoll, England. Worked on Washington WPA of Ornar Khuyyam, 1884; murals, Library of Congress, Art Project. Lives Seattle. Washington. in '90s. Died Rome. 1', 2~81 . 1/':;/)../7..0 194 The Flow of the Night. 194,3.Gouache on card- *199 The Lair of the Sea Serpent. 1864. 21~x 3678"· board, 20% x 15Y2". Lent by the artist. Lent by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Ill. p.69. WATKINS, Frankliu Chenault. Born New York 1894. TRUMBULL. John. 1756·1843. Born Lebanon, Conn. Harvard 1773. Taught school, Lebanon; painted with Has lived chiefly in Philadelphia. Studied University of Virginia, 1911·12; Pennsylvania Academy, 1916-17, homemade materials. Aide-dc-camp to Washington in Revolutionary War. 1778 gave up army to study art. 1920.21. In Europe 1921 on scholarship. Teaches Stella Elkins Tyler School of Fine Arts of Temple University, 1780 to Paris and London; worked in studio of Benjamin West. 1784 began series of historical canvases, including Philadelphia. Lives Germantown, Pa. The Declaration of Independence. Numerous trips to H3,~099 England. carried out diplomatic missions for new Amer- *200 Suicide in Costume. 1931. 367i x 44.%'" (oval). ican government. Finally settled in New York; 1816-25 Lent by Philadelphia Museum of Art. Ill. p.120. "'.2/J10 il president American Academy of Fine Arts. 1815 com- *201 Soliloquy. 1932. 25%'x 30t Le-nt by Whitney missioned to decorate rotunda of Capitol in Washing- Museum of American Art. Ill. p.121. ton; murals finished 1824,. aroused criticism. 1831 w "3.~~"8 • turned over series of historical paintings to Yale Uni- 202 Rocky Coast. 1933.28 x 34 Lent by Miss Anna versity in exchange for annuity. Died New York. Warren Ingersoll. *195 The Sortie from Gibraltar (2nd version). 1788. WEBER, Max. Born Vialostok, Russia 1881. To Amer· 20 x 3~~\ent by Cincinnati Art Museum. Ili., ice 1391; lived in Brooklyn. Studied 1897·1900 Pratt p.51. , Institute with Dow. Taught art, 1900·05, public schools. 196 View of Niagara from below Great Cascade. on Lynchburg, Va. To Paris 1905; Julian Academy with British Side. 2~~361iLent by Wadsworth Athen- Laurens; knew Henri Rouseeeu, Picasso. Matisse, with whom he studied 1907. To Spain 1906; Italy 1907. Re- eum. ~ 142 turned to New York 1909. Exhibition 1910 at Stieglitz' Venice 1879; Paris to live 1892; 1902 returned to Lon- "291." Taught Art Students' League 1920-21, 1926. don, where he died. . Author of essays and poems. Lives Great Neck, Long '1:.... ¥O Island. '"208 Nocturne in Blue and Silver: The Lagoon, Venice. '1~,212JY'203 W T c. 1880.S x~~. Lent by Museum of Fine inter wilight. 1940.30 x 40·. Lent by Mr. and Arts, BosI 0tl1 • I. . . " Mrs. Buell Hammett. Ill. p.92., 'I "I3.Z'Z," *204 Chaeeidic Dance. 1940. 3:f~ Lent by Mr. and Jil.'f WINTERS. Denny. Born Grand 'Rapids, Mich. ]Q09. Mrs. Milton Lowenthal. Ill. p.92. Studied with Weisenborn; Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Art Institute of Chicago. To California 1938. WELLS, Cady H. Born Southbridge, Mass. 1904. Worked on California WPA Art Project; also stage de- Studied in Boston and with Andrew Dasburg, Taos, signing. Lives Los Angeles. N. M. Lives Southbridge and Taos. Now in U. S. Army. 93,/,,9':;- 209 'Vind in the Marshes. 1943. 26 x 34". Lent by JfJ.2.7..7e 205 Summer Rains. lacona. 1941. Watercolor, 22 x the artist. 297'2". Lent by Addison Gallery of American Art. WYANT, Alexander Helwig. 1836-92.Born Port Wash. ington, Ohio. Harness-maker's apprentice; painted WEST, Benjamin. 1738-1820. Born Springfield. Pa. of signs. When about 20. saw paintings by Inness in Cln- Quaker family. Went to Pennsylvania College; some art cinnati, went East to seek Inness' advice. 1865 to study instruction in Philadelphia and New York, where he briefly in Karlsruhe, Germany, with Hans Gude; pre- MoMAExh_0246_MasterChecklist painted portraits. To Rome 1760 until 1763 when he ferred works of Turner and Constable. Returned to New went to London to live. Became foremost historical York. 1873joined government expedition to Southwest; painter of his day in England; 1772 made historical suffered paralytic stroke; learned to paint with left painter to court of George III. Studio a popular center hand. Lived Arkville in Catskills. Died New York. of teaching, especially for American artists. Charter +~.'1.1 ~,- (,,1 e,J,.) member of Royal Academy; succeeded Sir Joshua Rey- 210 Moonlight and Frost. 28 x 36". Lent by Brooklyn nolds as its president, 1792 until death. Died London. Museum. '3.'%,~ . . .2.0/,<" "'206 Saul and the Witch of Ender. 1777. 20 x 390f. Lent by Mrs. Frederic S. Gould. ill. p.50. ZERBE, Karl. Born Berlin 1903. Studied at Munich >I,.~IO 0 "'207 Death on the Pale Horse (study). 1802. 21 x 36". Academy and in Italy, 192Z-26.To U. S. 1934. Worked Lent hy Philadelphia Museum of Art. Ill. p.50. on Massachusetts WPA Art Project. Since 1937 head of (One of two extant studies for large canvas, 1817, Department of Painting. School of Museum of Fine Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arte.) Arts, Boston. Lives Cambridge, Mass. Jf;M<2Jo *211 Terror. 1943. Encaustic on canvas, 29 x 363-1!'. 'VHISTLER, James Abbott McNeill. 1834-1903. Born [Lent by "Downtown GalIeriJ Ill. p.96. Be, I... l..+. o..T1d. I"'I ....~. He.n""1 We ...,c..r. Lowell. Mass. 1843-49 in St. Petersburg, Russia, where father, a U. S. Army engineer, was eupervieing railroad construction. 1851 to West Point; dismissed end of 3rd ARTISTS UNKNOWN year. 1855 to Paris; studied with Gleyre 2 years. 1859 Jli.212.7 settled in England. Influenced by Courbet, Maner, *212Buffalo Hunter. 19th century. 40% x 51M/f. Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Buell Hammett. Ill. p.63. Degas, Fanrin-Latour, Pre-Rapbaelltes, Velasquez. Early work followed French realists; 1860s interest in '1~·~1{Meditation by the Sea. 1860-65. 13~ x 19)1'. art of Far East; 1865 began "arrangements." "sympho- Lent anonymously, through Museum of Fine Arts, nies," "nocturnes." Whistler-Ruskin lawsuit 1878. To Boston. Ill. p.63.