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| John F. Francis
American 1808 -1886
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| Born: |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Jeffersonville, Pennsylvania, United States
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| Exhibited: |
Art Union, Philadelphia
Artists' Fund Society, Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1840-1844, 1855-1858
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| Examples of Work: |
Newark Museum, New Jersey
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| Specialty: |
Painter
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| Style/School: |
Trompe l'Oeil
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| Subjects Known For: |
Still Life
Portraits
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| Artist Profile |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| BIOGRAPHY: |
John Francis was born in 1808 and initiated the revitalization of still life painting. He was largely a self-taught artist, producing some of America's most important still lifes. His visually intimate representations were delicately colored and painterly. Francis began to exhibit in Philadelph...
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Born in Philadelphia, by 1832 John E Francis, who was largely self-taught, was supporting himself and his new bride as an itinerant portrait painter in eastern Pennsylvania. In 1845, he established residence in Philadelphia and began exhibiting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and ...
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