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Edward Chalmers Leavitt
American 1842 -1904
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Born: |
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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Active: |
Providence, Rhode Island
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Instructors: |
James Morgan Lewin
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Exhibited: |
National Academy of Design 1870s-1890s
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Specialty: |
Painter
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Style/School: |
Realism
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Subjects Known For: |
Still Life Flowers Fruit
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Artist Profile |
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Providence, RI |
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BIOGRAPHY: |
(1842-1904) Edward C. Leavitt worked in Providence but is also associated with the Fall River School of still life painting through the influence of, and affinity of his style to, the work of Robert S. Dunning. Leavitt was a st...
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Edward Chambers Leavitt was born in 1842 in Providence, RI and died in 1904. He was one of the best known painters in that city in the late nineteenth century. Leavitt was a successful fruit and flower specialist. More) |
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