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ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 565 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: AJA-ALL
ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- ) , American painter,
was born in Allegheny,
Pennsylvania
 , on the 7th of October
x856. He was left an orphan when very
young
 , became an illustrator for Harper's Magazine, studied in Europe, became a pupil of the Royal
Academy
  at Munich, and also worked in Venice, in Holland and in Paris, where he attracted much attention by his exhibition at the Salon of two female portraits entitled " Gris " and " Noir." He became a member of the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts (Paris), of the National
Academy
  of
Design
  (New
York
 ), of the International Society (London), and of the Vienna and Munich Societies of Painters. In 1901 he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. He executed decorative panels for the Congressional Library, Washington, D.C., and a large decoration for the
Carnegie
  Institute, Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania
 ; and his works include numerous portraits and subject pictures.


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