L. Birge Harrison (1854–1929)

Tonalist painter whose 1882 'November' was among the first American works bought by the French government.

ABOUT

Lovell Birge Harrison (October 28, 1854, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1929) was an American genre and landscape painter, teacher, and writer. He was a prominent practitioner and advocate of Tonalism. == Life == Born in Philadelphia, Birge Harrison was the brother of artist T. Alexander Harrison. He studied first at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1874, and later credited Thomas Eakins as a positive influence on his own teaching style. He then went to Paris on th…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Running Horse Weather Vane 1860 · Art Institute of Chicago Revised Panoramic View of Yokohama (Saikai Yokohama fukei) 1861 · Art Institute of Chicago November 1881 · Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes Winter Sunset 1890 · Smithsonian American Art Museum Genealogy Quilt 1896 · Art Institute of Chicago The Harbor Light 1900 · Q1117704

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Thomas EakinsAmerican Realism Carolus-DuranAcademic Portraiture Alexandre CabanelAcademic Art Jules Bastien-LepageNaturalism

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