biografía de Henry Grinnell THOMSON (1850-1939)

Lugar de nacimiento: NYC

Direcciones: NYC, 1881-82; Wilton, CT (1885-on)

Profesión: Painter

Estudios: Univ. Michigan, c.1870; privately with W.M. Chase, 1879; NAD; ASL

Exposiciones: NAD, 1881-97; PAFA Ann., 1893-97; AWCS, 1898; SAA,1898; S. Indp. A., 1917-37; Salmagundi Club, c.1922-29; Salons of Am., 1931, 1933; AIC; Wilton Pub. Lib., 1937 (mem. exh.); Cooley Gal., Old Lyme, CT, 1988 (retrospective)

Asociaciones: S. Indp. A.; SC; Silvermine GA; AFA; AAPL; Wilton Lib. Assn. (founder, 1895)

Comentarios: While working under W.M. Chase he painted luxuriant still lifes and interiors; with his move to Connecticut in 1885 he turned toward Impressionist landscape painting bearing stylistic affinities with those of J.A. Weir and Willard Metcalf. In 1899, he painted in Alaska during the Goldrush.

Fuentes: WW38; exh. cat., Cooley Gal., Old Lyme, CT (1988); Falk, Exh. Record Series.