1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
THAYER, ABBOTT HANDERSON (1849- ), American artist, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, on the i2th of August 1849. He was a pupil of J. L. Ger&me at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, and became a member of the Society of American Artists (1879), of the National Academy of Design (1901), and of the Royal Academy of San Luca, Rome. As a painter of portraits, landscapes, animals and the ideal figure, he won high rank among American artists. Among his bestknown pictures are, " Virgin Enthroned," " Caritas," " In Memoria…
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