William Henry Howe
Illustration — William Henry Howe in his Paris studio. William Henry Howe (22 November 1846 in Ravenna, Ohio – 16 March 1929 in Bronxville, New York) was an American painter active in Bronxville. Howe was a student of Otto de Thoren and Vuillefroy.
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William Henry Howe
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- 1846 · Ravenna.
- Died
- 1929 · Bronxville.
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- United States
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- painter
- Education
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Honours
- Temple Gold Medal
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Illustration — William Henry Howe in his Paris studio. William Henry Howe (22 November 1846 in Ravenna, Ohio – 16 March 1929 in Bronxville, New York) was an American painter active in Bronxville. Howe was a student of Otto de Thoren and Vuillefroy.
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Born at Ravenna in 1846, died in Bronxville in 1929.
William Henry Howe studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Work by William Henry Howe is recorded in the collections of Yale University Art Gallery, Dallas Museum of Art, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum and Smithsonian American Art Museum. Distinctions recorded are Temple Gold Medal.
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- 1.William Henry Howe , from Florence Griswold Museum.
- 2.A Circle of Friends: The Artists of the Florence Griswold House, from Florence Griswold Museum.
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- Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Gründ, 2006, vol. 7
- "William Henry Howe: A Chief of Cattle-Painters," The Art World, vol. 3, no. 1 (Oct., 1917), pp. 4–6.
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