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William Penhallow Henderson (1877-1943)
William Penhallow Henderson lived, briefly, in Santa Fe as a young boy before his family’s return to their native Massachusetts. He studied at the Boston Museum School under Edmund C. Tarbell. Winning the prestigious Paige Scholarship allowed him to travel to Europe and study everything from the Old Masters to the then-modern Impressionists. Upon his return to the States, he took a teaching position at the Academy of Fine Arts [...] Click here to continue reading.
Knute Heldner (1877-1952)
A native of Vederlow Smoland, Sweden, Knute Heldner came to the United States in 1902. Upon his arrival, he worked as a cobbler in Minneapolis for several years. Heldner was later a miner on the Iron Range and a forest guide and lumberjack in the woods of northern Minnesota before he decided to devote himself completely to painting. After making this decision, he studied at the Minneapolis School of Art for [...] Click here to continue reading.
Colette Pope Heldner (1902-1990)
Colette Pope Heldner settled in New Orleans with her husband in 1923, living in the French Quarter. She became famous for her impressionistic scenes of New Orleans patios and swampland shacks near the water. She captured the essence and spirit of New Orleans in its heyday, and her works are a reminder of the distinct character of the port city. Colette’s work has been included in many important American impressionist [...] Click here to continue reading.
George Heisley (1789-1880) was the son of Fredrick Heisley, also a clock and instrument maker. A flute player, he is credited as having selected the song “To Anacreon in Heaven” as the music to the words of “The Star Spangled Banner”, while serving in the Pennsylvania State Militia, defending Baltimore.
Martin Johnson Heade (American 1819-1904)
One of the great Luminist landscape painters of the 19th century, Heade was also a naturalist and poet. His work is best known for four basic themes; atmospheric landscapes of marshes and shores; vividly colored paintings of tropical hummingbirds in their natural settings; floral still lifes (orchids, magnolias, Victorian vases with apple blossoms or roses); and, to a lesser extent, portraits.
He was born in Lumberville, Bucks [...] Click here to continue reading.
Cecil F. Head (Born 1906)
Cecil Head studied art at the John Herron Art Institute. He exhibited at the Carnegie Institute (Pittsburgh, 1941); Worlds Fair New York (1939), Hoosier Salon, and the John Herron Art Institute. His work is in the collections of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Children’s Museum (Indianapolis), Indiana State Museum, and the Franklin, Indiana Public Library.
Head was part of a group of modern painters who emerged in the [...] Click here to continue reading.
John Hauser (1858 to 1918)
John Hauser was born in Cincinnati to a family of German immigrants. His early interest in drawing propelled him to study first at the Ohio Mechanics Institute. Afterwards he studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy, which was the common destination for young art students in Cincinnati to further their education. Finally, he attended the McMicken Art School under the tutelage of Thomas Noble. As was the case with other [...] Click here to continue reading.
Richard C. Hasenfus (born 1932)
Richard Hasenfus was born in Bath, Maine and studied at the Massachusetts College of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy. He has had single-artist exhibitions at the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, Maine, the Copley Society in Boston, and others, and has also exhibited at the MFA in Boston, Rockefeller Center in New York, and the Maine Art Gallery. [...] Click here to continue reading.
Lucie Hartrath (1868-1962)
Lucie Hartrath studied with Vanderpoel at the Art Institute of Chicago, and in Paris and Munich. She exhibited as early as 1898, at the Art Institute of Chicago, and in 1901, at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. She also exhibited at the Hoosier Salon, Paris Salon, and the Chicago Municipal Art League. Hartrath taught at Rockford College from 1902-04. She visited Brown County, Indiana around 1908-1910, and like many Chicago [...] Click here to continue reading.
Marsden Hartley (1877-1943)
As a native of Lewiston Maine, Marsden Hartley loved to paint the mountains and coast. He attended the National Academy of Design in New York where he studied under William Chase. By 1921, his role as a key component in American Modernism became clear and defined. Painting a breadth of subject matters, from abstract portraits to forceful landscapes, he traveled all over Europe and displayed his work in galleries with contemporary [...] Click here to continue reading.
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