Leon Dabo
Leon Dabo (born July 9, 1864 in Paris, France, according to other sources 1865, 1868, 1869 or 1870, in Detroit or Grosse Pointe; † November 7, 1960 in Manhattan , New York ) was an American landscape painter of tonalism .
Life
During the First World War, Dabo worked for the French secret service. Dabo was influenced by John La Farge , Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and James Abbott McNeill Whistler and became a Knight of the Légion d'honneur in 1934 . In 1944 Dabo was elected a member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design . His brother Scott Dabo was also a painter.
Web links
Commons : Leon Dabo - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "D" / Dabo, Leon NA 1944 ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 19, 2015)
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| SURNAME | Dabo, Leon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American tonalist painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1864, or July 9, 1865, or July 9, 1868, or July 9, 1869, or July 9, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris or Detroit or Grosse Pointe |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1960 |
| Place of death | Manhattan , New York |