| George Peter Alexander Healy
American 1813 -1894
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| Born: |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| Died: |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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| Addresses: |
Paris, France
Rome, Italy
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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| Instructors: |
Antoine-Jean Gros 1834
Thomas Couture 1834
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| Exhibited: |
Paris Salon 1836-37, 1839-42, 1844-45, 1850, 1855, 1869
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1847-1868, 1882
Paris International Exhibition 1855
National Academy of Design 1862-1887
Brooklyn Art Association 1864-1874, 1912
Boston Athenaeum
Grand State Fair 1868
Boston Art Club 1874-75
World's Industrial & Cotton Centennial Exposition 1884-85
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| Examples of Work: |
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
Newberry Library, Chicago
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
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| Specialty: |
Painter
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| Style/School: |
Realism
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| Subjects Known For: |
Portraits
History
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| Memberships: |
Chicago Academy of Design (founder)
National Academy of Design Honorary 1843
Art Institute of Chicago (founder)
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