Colin Campbell Cooper’s skyscrapers on Broadway, Columbus Circle, and Manhattan. George Bellows’ human landscapes, and Joseph Stella’s Coney Island and Brooklyn Bridge.
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William Merritt Chase’s leafy suburb of Brooklyn in the late 1880s, Robert Henri’s Ashcan view of busy streets in the snow, and the first of Colin Campbell Cooper’s skyscrapers.
He continued to add to his unique collection of paintings of birds after The Birds of America was published, and painted animals too.
Born in Haiti, raised in France, emigrated to the US when he was 18, he assembled a unique collection of paintings of birds from his many field trips.
He said he’d rather go to Europe than go to Heaven. Let’s hope that he managed both. Paintings and articles about him listed.
In his later career, he discovered the West Coast and the beauty of trees and gardens, continuing to paint in Impressionist style.
The Impressionist master of skyscrapers, he painted New York City as its buildings rose into the sky.
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