Robert Henri
- Writer
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1865, painter Robert Henri studied art at
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1886. In 1888 he journeyed
to Paris, France, and studied at the Academie Julien and the Ecole dex
Beaux-Arts. After a five-year stay in Paris he returned to the US,
securing a job as a teacher at the prestigious Womens School of Design
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He returned to Paris in 1896 and had a
successful exhibition of his paintings at the Salon gallery. Upon his
return to the US he moved to New York City, where over the next few
years he taught art at several art schools.
He was hailed as a major influence on the American art scene, and among his students were Edward Hopper and Rockwell Kent. He was an adherent of the "realist" school of art. Henri taught at the Art Students League in New York City from 1915-1923 and published a collection of his essays, notes and other writings, called "The Art Spirit".
He died in New York City on July 13, 1929.
He was hailed as a major influence on the American art scene, and among his students were Edward Hopper and Rockwell Kent. He was an adherent of the "realist" school of art. Henri taught at the Art Students League in New York City from 1915-1923 and published a collection of his essays, notes and other writings, called "The Art Spirit".
He died in New York City on July 13, 1929.