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Henry Bacon
American 1839 -1912
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Born: |
Haverhill, Massachusetts
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Died: |
Cairo, Egypt
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Active: |
Haverhill, Massachusetts Paris, France 1864 Egypt
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Addresses: |
Paris, France 1864-on Cairo, Egypt winters, 1897-on
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Studied: |
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1864 Ecouen, France 1866-1867
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Instructors: |
Alexandre Cabanel 1864 Edouard Frere 1866-1867
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Exhibited: |
Paris Salon 1867-70, 1872-73, 1875-80, 1882-90, 1892-96 National Academy of Design 1872-1883 Centennial Exhibition 1876 Philadelphia Brooklyn Art Association 1878 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1880-1894 Boston Athenaeum Boston Art Club Art Institute of Chicago
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Examples of Work: |
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Specialty: |
Painter Illustrator
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Style/School: |
Impressionism
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Subjects Known For: |
Genre Figural
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Memberships: |
National Academy of Design a. ANA 1913; NA 1917
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Artist Profile |
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BIOGRAPHY: |
Henry Bacon, born in 1839, was a figure painter of the expatriate genre. He was one of the first Americans to be admitted to a Paris school, Ecole des Beaux-Arts. There he was schooled in the conservative French tradition ...
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