Robert Henri

Born Robert Henry Cozad in Ohio, Robert Henri's early life was marked by scandal when his father was involved in a fatal shooting, leading the family to change their names and move frequently. This early exposure to the less genteel aspects of American life may have shaped his artistic philosophy. He began his formal art education at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, later studying in Paris at the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux Arts. While in Europe, he ini…