Alexander, John White

Born: 1856 AD
Died: 1915 AD, at 58 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Painters

1856 - John White Alexander was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania on the 7th of October.

1868 - He became a telegraph boy in Pittsburgh.

1875 - He became a political cartoonist and illustrator for Harper's Weekly in New York.

1877 - Alexander went to Paris for his first formal art training and enrolled at Kunstakademie in Munich.

1878 - He joined a colony of american painters in Polling, Bavaria.

1879 - He travelled to Italy and formed friendship with James McNeill Whistler and Henry James.

1881 - Alexander returned to New York and achieved in portraiture.

1893 - First successful exhibition in the Paris Salon and elected to the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts.

1895 - He was awarded a pretigious commision for a series of murals entitled the Evolution of the Book.

1900 - Alexander received a gold medal of Paris Exposition.

1901 - He was named Chevalie of the Legion of Honor.

1902 - He became a member of the National Academy of Design and American Academy of Arts and Letters.

1904 - Alexander received a gold medal of World's Fair at St. Louis.

1915 - He died on May 31st.

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	John White Alexander and the Construction of National Identity: Cosmopolitan American Art, 1880-1915 by Sarah J. Moore (Hardcover - Apr 30, 2003) In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served.
	Address ... and resolutions adopted at the testimonial to John W. Alexander under the auspices of the Fine Arts Federation of New York in the city of New York by John G Agar (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 2008)
	John White Alexander, 1856-1915: Fin-de-siècle American : [exhibition] October 21-December 13, 1980, Graham, New York by John White Alexander (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 1980)
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	John White Alexander (1856-1915): [Exhibition] December 22, 1976-July 4, 1977 [at the] National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C by Mary Anne Goley (Pamphlet - Aug 30, 1976)