biografía de William Verplanck BIRNEY (1858-1909)

Lugar de nacimiento: Cincinnati, OH

Direcciones: NYC

Profesión: Painter

Estudios: Mass. Normal A. Sch., Boston; PAFA, with Eakins; Royal Acad., Munich, with Julius Benzer and Wilhelm Lindenschmidt.

Exposiciones: PAFA, 1880, 1885-1906; Intl. Expo, Munich, 1883 (prize); Brooklyn AA, 1885-86; Boston AC, 1880s-1908; NAD, 1885-1900; Paris Expo., 1889; Worlds Columbian Expo., Chicago, 1893; Pan-Am. Expo, Buffalo, 1901 (med); St. Louis Expo, 1904 (med); AIC.

Asociaciones: ANA, 1900; NYWCC; Brooklyn AC; SC, 1888; Phila Sketch C.; A. Fund S.; Lotos Cl., 1901.

Comentarios: He was one of only two Americans who sold paintings at the Intl. Expo. in Munich, 1883. Birney traveled extensively in Europe and the U.S., painting narrative genre scenes, often on the spot and including authentic details.

Fuentes: WW08; 300 Years of American Art, 519; Edwards, Domestic Bliss: Family Life in American Painting, cat. no. 12; Falk, Exh. Record Series.