biografía de Jerome MYERS (1867-1940)

Lugar de nacimiento: Petersburg, VA

Lugar de defunción: NYC

Direcciones: NYC

Profesión: Painter, etcher, illustrator

Estudios: CUA Sch.; ASL with G. deF. Brush, late 1880s.

Exposiciones: PAFA Ann., 1903-41; St. Louis Expo, 1904 (medal); AIC, 1904-38; Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1907-39 (13 times); S. Indp. A., 1917, 1936; NAD, 1919 (prize), 1931 (prize), 1936 (prize), 1937 (prize), 1938 (medal); Armory Show, NYC, 1913; Salons of Am., 1934; WMAA

Asociaciones: ANA; NA, 1929; Am. Soc. PS&G; Woodstock AA

Obra: Phillips Coll., Wash., DC; MMA; BM; AIC; Rochester Mus.; PMG; LACMA; Canajoharie (NY) Art Gal.; NOMA; Newark Mus.; Milwaukee AI; CGA; NGA; WMAA.

Comentarios: An early urban realist painter, he began painting scenes of ghetto life in 1887, mostly in an idealized view. Traveled to Paris in 1896 and again in 1914. Myers was one of the founders of the AAPS, which organized the 1913 Armory Show in NYC. His wife was Ethel Myers (see entry). Auth.: Artist in Manhattan (autobio., 1940). Also appears as Meyers.

Fuentes: WW40; Baigell, Dictionary; 300 Years of American Art, 608; Grant Holcomb, "The Forgotten Legacy of Jerome Myers," Amer. Art Journal (May 1977); Brown, The Story of the Armory Show; Falk, Exhibition Record Series; add'l. info. courtesy Woodstock AA.