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John Francis Murphy (American, 1853-1921)
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John Francis Murphy
Landscape with Cottage
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John Francis Murphy
Willow Trees
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Biography |
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1868 |
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At the age of fifteen, John Francis Murphy went west with his family to Chicago, where he began painting billboards |
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1874 |
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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 |
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1895 |
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Murphy worked in his studio at Arkville, in the Catskills |
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Exhibitions |
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1882 |
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First one-man show was at Doll and Richards Gallery in Boston |
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Showed his works regularly at the National Academy of Design |
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