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Abbott Handerson Thayer
American Painter, 1849-1921
American painter and naturalist. He spent his youth in rural New England, where his earliest paintings were wildlife subjects, reflecting his interest in hunting and fishing. While in his teens Thayer achieved some success doing portraits of family pets, which he continued after a move to New York. He attended classes at the Brooklyn Art School and National Academy of Design, but in 1875 he settled in Paris, studying under Henri Lehmann and Jean-L?on G?r?me at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. While abroad he produced landscapes in the Barbizon style and genre scenes, but on his return to New York in 1879
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Painting ID:: 61005
A Virgin
"A Virgin" (1892-93), painted allusion to "Winged Victory of Samothrace"
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Painting ID:: 61008
Monadnock in Winter,
Monadnock in Winter, 1904. Oil on canvas.
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Painting ID:: 61010
Angel,
"Angel," 1887. Painting held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Painting ID:: 70988
Chadwick's Dog
ca. 1874(1874)
Oil on canvas
52 x 42 cm (20.47 x 16.54 in)
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Painting ID:: 71021
The Sisters
ca. 1884(1884)
Oil on canvas
138 x 92.1 cm (54.33 x 36.26 in)
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Abbott Handerson Thayer
American Painter, 1849-1921
American painter and naturalist. He spent his youth in rural New England, where his earliest paintings were wildlife subjects, reflecting his interest in hunting and fishing. While in his teens Thayer achieved some success doing portraits of family pets, which he continued after a move to New York. He attended classes at the Brooklyn Art School and National Academy of Design, but in 1875 he settled in Paris, studying under Henri Lehmann and Jean-L?on G?r?me at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. While abroad he produced landscapes in the Barbizon style and genre scenes, but on his return to New York in 1879
. Related Artists to Abbott Handerson Thayer: | VEEN, Otto van | Joseph Thors | MIERIS, Frans van, the Elder | BOL, Ferdinand | holger drachmann |
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