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Abbott Handerson Thayer  American  1849 -1921
Born: Boston, Massachusetts, United States 
Died: Dublin, New Hampshie, United States 
Studied: Brooklyn Art Studio 1868-1874
National Academy of Design 1868-1874
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris 
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1875
Instructors: Henri Lehmann 
Jean Leon Gerome 
Exhibited: National Academy of Design 1868
Society of American Artists 
Columbian Exposition 1893
Peale Museum 1896
Paris Exposition 1900
Examples of Work: Bowdoin College Museum of Art 
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC 
Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 
National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C. 
Princeton University 
Rhode Island School of Design 
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts 
Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Connecticut 
Specialty: Painter
Instructor
Style/School: Representational
Impressionism
Subjects Known For: Figural
Women
Landscapes
Religion
Memberships: Society of American Artists 
National Academy of Design ANA 1898; NA 1901
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