Edward Lamson Henry (E.L. Henry)

Edward Henry, born in 1841, studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and in Paris with Courbet in 1860. After his studies in Europe, Henry won recognition for his historical genre paintings of rural, nostalgic scenes. Henry exhibited his work at the National Academy over a span of 60 years. Henry was an early member of the Cragsmoor Art Colony when he decided to build his home there. During the Civil War he sketched with the Union Army in Virginia. For many of his paintings he relied on his collection of antiques to execute minute detail. It is said that Henry's portraits show sensitivity to poverty and innocence. He died in 1919.

Biography courtesy of The Caldwell Gallery, www.antiquesandfineart.com/caldwell

Famous for his rustic genre subjects, Edward Lamson Henry was America's most significant painter of colonial life. His charming, intricately-detailed work celebrated lost customs and communities, revealing a deep appreciation for America's colonial roots. Henry first trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts before journeying to Paris to study with Gustave Courbet and Charles Gleyre. He was highly successful in his day, extracting high prices and boasting a list of top patrons including Albert Bierstadt and William Astor. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design for sixty years and was awarded medals at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1893), the Buffalo Exposition (1901), the Charleston Exposition (1902) and the St. Louis Exposition (1904). His work can now be found in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Butler Institute of American Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Biography courtesy of Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, www.antiquesandfineart.com/questoroyal