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John Francis Murphy    (American, 1853-1921)

 John Francis Murphy - Landscape with Church (Paintings) h: 10.1 x w: 14 in / h: 25.7 x w: 35.6 cm
John Francis Murphy
Landscape with Church 1877
 
 John Francis Murphy - Storm Breaking h: 12 x w: 18 in / h: 30.5 x w: 45.7 cm
John Francis Murphy
Storm Breaking 1878-1880
 
 John Francis Murphy - Sunlit Stubble (Paintings) h: 16 x w: 22 in / h: 40.6 x w: 55.9 cm
John Francis Murphy
Sunlit Stubble 1918
 
 John Francis Murphy - The Meadow Farm (Paintings) h: 24.8 x w: 33.8 in / h: 63 x w: 85.9 cm
John Francis Murphy
The Meadow Farm
 
 John Francis Murphy - The Old Home, Woodland Boundary (Paintings) h: 17 x w: 30 in / h: 43.2 x w: 76.2 cm
John Francis Murphy
The Old Home, Woodland Boundary 1874
 
 

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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