Francis Lathrop

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Francis Augustus Lathrop (born June 22, 1849 near Hawaii , † October 18, 1909 in Woodcliff Lake ) was an American artist.

Life

He was born at sea as the great-grandson of Samuel Holden Parsons and son of George Alfred Lathrop (1819–1877), who was the US consul in Honolulu for some time . He was a student of Thomas Charles Farrer in New York and studied at the Royal Academy of Dresden . After four months he went to London on the recommendation of James Whistlerto study at this one. However, upon arrival he was called back to New York to help his family with financial problems. He gave drawing lessons for a year and returned to London and Whistler when the situation improved. However, he felt neglected by this and moved on. From 1870 to 1873 he studied with Ford Madox Brown and Edward Coley Burne-Jones in England and worked at the school of William Morris , where he turned to leaded glass windows .

In 1873 he had to return to New York again because of the financial situation of his family. He taught painting at the Cooper Institute , became known as an illustrator , painted portraits , designed glass, and eventually limited himself to decorative work. He designed the pulpit of Trinity Church in Boston and decorated the interior of the chapel of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine and various churches in New York. The Marquand memorial window in the former Marquand chapel in Princeton, New Jersey (destroyed in 1920) was an example of his glass work. His last work was a series of medallions for the Hispanic-American Society building in New York. He was one of the charter members of the Society of American Artists and became an associate of the National Academy of Design in New York. In 1898 he was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters . He died at his home in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c William Howe Downes: Lathrop, Francis Augustus. In: Dictionary of American Biography. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1933.
  2. ^ Members: Francis Lathrop. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 8, 2019 .
  3. ↑ American Art Annual. Volume 8. MacMillan Company 1911, p. 399. ( books.google.com )
personal data
SURNAME Lathrop, Francis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lathrop, Francis Augustus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American artist
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH near Hawaii
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1909
Place of death Woodcliff Lake