David Edward Cronin
David Edward Cronin (born July 12, 1839 in Greenwich , New York, † June 9, 1925 in Philadelphia ) was an American painter, portraitist, illustrator and caricaturist.
Life and work
After studying art in Troy , New York with Alban Conant , Cronin went to New York City in 1855 . He spent the years from 1857, the time before the Civil War in Europe. Presumably he spent about a year at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . In 1860 he returned to the United States, enlisted in the army and worked for Harper's Weekly . He then worked as a journalist in Binghamton , as a lawyer in New York City and for a railroad company in Texas. In the late 1870s, he went back to New York City, where he illustrated books and also worked as a political cartoonist from 1879 to 1903. He spent the last 35 years of his life in Philadelphia.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel, Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , p. 428
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cronin, David Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greenwich , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1925 |
| Place of death | Philadelphia |