biografía de Henry Curtis AHL (1905-1996)

Lugar de nacimiento: Springfield, MA

Direcciones: Byfield, MA (near Newbury)

Profesión: Painter, illustrator, writer

Estudios: with parents Henry Hammond Ahl & Eleanor Curtis Ahl; Harvard Col., A.B.

Exposiciones: AIC; Springfield (Ill.) AA; Portland (Me.) Mus. A.; Gloucester A. Exh.; CAFA; New Haven Paint & Clay Cl.; Springville (Utah) AA; Cushing House Museum, Newburyport, Mass., 1997

Asociaciones: North Shore AA; Gloucester SA.

Obra: Vanderpoel Coll.; Farnsworth Mus., Rockland, Me.; Sweat Mem. Mus.; Bowdoin Art Coll., Brunswick, Me.; Springville (Utah) AA.

Comentarios: Landscape artist. Also, author and illus. of booklets on literary shrines and natural history subjects. A reclusive artist, he resided with his parents until their deaths in 1953 and then moved to a cabin on nearby land. While much of his work depicts Newbury and surrounding region, he often traveled cross-country later in his life, recording the scenery of New Hampshire, Florida, and California.

Fuentes: WW59; WW47; Landscapes of the Newburys Captured by a Family of Massachusetts Painters," Antiques and Arts Weekly, Oct. 17, 1997."