Beard, James Henry
1811 - James Henry Beard was born in Buffalo, New York. American portrait painter.
1822 - At the age of eleven moved with his family to Painesville, Ohio.
- Beard taught himself how to paint and worked for a number of years as an itinerant portrait painter in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, and Louisville.
1834 - He settled in Cincinnati, Ohio and wintered in New Orleans.
1846 - Beard was active in New York City and moved there permanently.
1848 - He was made an associate member of the National Academy of Design.
1872 - Was elected a full member in the National Academy of Design.
1880 - 'He’s Not for Sale' exemplifies two abilities for which Beard’s contemporaries admired him the most, sentimental portraits of children and images of dogs.
- 'The Penitent' and the particularly engaging 'Hounded Pup' are representative examples of Beard’s humorous, anthropomorphic interpretations of his canine subjects.
1893 - Beard died in Flushing, Queens.
1822 - At the age of eleven moved with his family to Painesville, Ohio.
- Beard taught himself how to paint and worked for a number of years as an itinerant portrait painter in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, and Louisville.
1834 - He settled in Cincinnati, Ohio and wintered in New Orleans.
1846 - Beard was active in New York City and moved there permanently.
1848 - He was made an associate member of the National Academy of Design.
1872 - Was elected a full member in the National Academy of Design.
1880 - 'He’s Not for Sale' exemplifies two abilities for which Beard’s contemporaries admired him the most, sentimental portraits of children and images of dogs.
- 'The Penitent' and the particularly engaging 'Hounded Pup' are representative examples of Beard’s humorous, anthropomorphic interpretations of his canine subjects.
1893 - Beard died in Flushing, Queens.
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