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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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| 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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