Abbott Handerson Thayer
Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849–1921) was an American painter and naturalist.
Also recorded as Abbot Handerson Thayer; Abbot Thayer; Abbot H. Thayer; Abbott Thayer; Abbott H. Thayer; A. H. Thayer.
Overview
Born at Boston in 1849, died at Dublin in 1921.
In detail
Abbott Handerson Thayer studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and Chapel Hill – Chauncy Hall School. training under Jean-Léon Gérôme is recorded. Margarita Pumpelly Smyth is recorded as having studied under Abbott Handerson Thayer.
The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape.
Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Works named in the authority record are Stevenson Memorial and The Sisters.
Work by Abbott Handerson Thayer is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum and Art Institute of Chicago.
Distinctions recorded are Temple Gold Medal.
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