|
1849
|
|
Born on November 1 in Williamsburg, Indiana.
|
 |
|
|
1872
|
|
Enters the Munich Royal Academy.
|
|
|
|
1878
|
|
Returns to New York, where begins to teach at the Art Student's League.
|
|
|
|
1879
|
|
Joins the Tile Club. Other members include Edwin Austin Abbey, J. Alden Weir, and Winslow Homer.
|
|
|
|
1882
|
|
Cofounded The American Painters in Pastel Society with Robert Blum.
|
|
|
|
1886
|
|
Marries Alice Gerson, who is then about twenty years old.
|
|
|
|
1891
|
|
Cofounded the Shinnecock Summer School of Art in Southampton, New York, which lasted through 1902.
|
|
|
|
1898
|
|
Elected a charter member of the National Institute of Arts, Sciences, and Letters.
|
|
|
|
1899-1900
|
|
Received Gold Medal at the Exposition universelle, Paris.
|
|
|
|
1916
|
|
Died in New York.
|
|
|
 [return to top]
|
| |
