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11-09-2002, 10:33 PM
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SOG Member FT Pro 35 yrs
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Location: Lancaster, PA
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Robert Henri
After browsing through a great part of it, I had pretty much decided that I had not much need or inspiration to buy the Nov. 2002 issue of The Magazine Antiques. Then I came across an ad Mitchell Brown Fine Art, Inc., featuring a Portrait of "Mrs. Haseltine", by Robert Henri. I have been long familiar with his work and role as artist, teacher, and writer but had never seen this painting (attached). It is an oil on canvas 28" x 34" and is now one of my Henri favorites. (It has edged out his portrait of the young boy smoking a cigar.)
It's likely that a lot is lost in the darks.
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11-09-2002, 10:37 PM
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SOG Member FT Pro 35 yrs
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Location: Lancaster, PA
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And, a close up of the head.
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11-09-2002, 11:33 PM
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Inactive
Joined: Jan 2002
Location: Siloam Springs, AR
Posts: 911
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Me too
Yes!
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09-24-2003, 01:52 PM
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Associate Member
Joined: Jun 2002
Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 46
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Robert Henri's Alias and Other Facts
I've always loved Henri's work and teachings and have read "The Art Spirit" a zillion times over. The guy lived and breathed art. I just read a great book about him and found out many things about his life and art that I didn't know and though I'd share.
Did you know?
- His father changed his name when he was young from Robert Henry Cozad to Robert Henri to protect him and his family.
- His father was a great gambler and businessman and was wanted for murder and running from the law.
- He was a sixth cousin of Mary Cassatt.
- He was not fond of William Merritt Chase and his views on art.
- He was trained in Paris by Bouguereau.
- He founded the Charcoal Club in Baltimore.
- He taught many successful artists like Edward Hopper and Rockwell Kent.
- His sister-in-law, being granted his paintings after his second wife's death, destroyed and burned many of his artworks right in his own studio!!
Just a few things that I find fascinating about this artist. Neat to make those connections and see how everything fits together.
Enjoy!
Gene
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04-04-2005, 01:43 AM
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Juried Member
Joined: Apr 2004
Location: Litchfield Park, AZ
Posts: 113
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I just attended a lecture at ASU where I learned Robert Henri was a teacher to a great number of women artists - many of whom were represented in an exhibition at BYU this last February. Here is an exerpt from the university press release. The entire article is extremely interesting. I wish I could have seen the exhibit.
[I]PROVO, Utah
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