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Albert Jean Adolphe
Parisian Fountain, 1899

1899

$6,500
£4,916.54
€5,740.72
CA$9,257.02
A$9,392.34
CHF 5,365.49
MX$113,717.76
NOK 63,034.33
SEK 62,950.86
DKK 42,914.20

About the Item

Albert Jean Adolphe was known as a decorator, a portrait painter, and a landscape artist. He worked in oil and watercolor. Born in Philadelphia in 1865, he attended the Pennsylvania Museum School of Art. After graduation, he traveled to Europe and studied under Jean Leon Gerome and James Whistler at the Ecole des Beaux Artes in Paris and under DeVriendt in Antwerp. Adolphe was a member of the Graphic Sketch Club and the Philadelphia Art Club. In 1894, he was awarded a honorable mention at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago and in 1899 he received an honorable mention in Paris. From the Philadelphia Art Club he won the Stotesbury Prize. He did decorative work at the Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. For many years, Adolphe showed in Chicago, St. Louis, and in Philadelphia. From 1898 to 1902, he exhibited at the Paris Salon and later in Antwerp and Munich.
  • Creator:
    Albert Jean Adolphe (1865 - 1940, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1899
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 6 in (15.24 cm)Width: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)
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  • Condition:
    All works offered by this seller are in very good to excellent condition. Please contact us for a detailed condition report.
  • Gallery Location:
    Bryn Mawr, PA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2773215163792

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