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John Francis Murphy    (American, 1853-1921)

 John Francis Murphy - Arkville Landscape (Paintings) h: 11.5 x w: 19 in / h: 29.2 x w: 48.3 cm
John Francis Murphy
Arkville Landscape 1901
 
  

Biography
1868 At the age of fifteen, John Francis Murphy went west with his family to Chicago, where he began painting billboards
1874 moved to New York, first to sketch in the Adirondacks (where he met Winslow Homer), then to open a studio in the Tenth Street Studio Building in New York City
1895 Murphy worked in his studio at Arkville, in the Catskills

Exhibitions
1882 First one-man show was at Doll and Richards Gallery in Boston
Showed his works regularly at the National Academy of Design
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