Abraham P. Hankins
Hankins (1900–1963) was an American modernist painter. Hankins was born in the Russian Empire and emigrated to the United States in 1914. He studied at the Academy Julien in Paris and the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts.
Also recorded as Abraham Peter Hankins · P. Abraham Hankins · Peter Abraham Hankins · Abe Hankins
Abraham P. Hankins
- Born
- 1900 · Russia.
- Died
- 1963 · Miami Beach.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter
- Education
- Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art · Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts · Académie Julian
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Hankins (1900–1963) was an American modernist painter. Hankins was born in the Russian Empire and emigrated to the United States in 1914. He studied at the Academy Julien in Paris and the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts.
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His work is held by the Barnes Foundation. His works also have been displayed in the Museum of Fine Arts, New York; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and in the Lessing J. His papers are in the Archives of American Art. Hankins died while on vacation in Miami Beach, Florida.
Hankins studied at Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Académie Julian. Employment is recorded with Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Barnes Foundation. Work by Abraham P. Hankins is recorded in the collections of Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Barnes Foundation, Woodmere Art Museum and Reading Public Museum.
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1900
Abraham P. Hankins born at Russia.
1963
Abraham P. Hankins died at Miami Beach.
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- 1.Abraham Hankins, 60, Philadelphia Artist, Dies. The New York Times. CXIII. 38552, pg 31. 13 August 1963.
- 2.The Barnes Foundation – Artist – Abraham P. Hankins. barnesfoundation.org.
- 3.Abraham P. Hankins papers, 1935–1979. si.edu.
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Formation and teaching. Hankins studied at Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Académie Julian. Hankins is recorded as having studied at Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Académie Julian. The identifiers under which Abraham P. Hankins may be traced in institutional catalogues.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Barnes Foundation and Woodmere Art Museum
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