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Henry Bacon

American, 1839-1912
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Growing up in Haverhill, Massachusetts, Bacon witnessed first-hand the changes wrought by industrialization and urbanization on the New England landscape. First settled in 1640, Haverhill was one of the oldest towns in the Commonwealth. By the time of the Civil War, however, it was a center of the shoe-making industry in America and well on its way to becoming a mill city. From this urban environment Bacon marched off to fight with the Thirteenth Massachusetts Infantry.

After his army service, Bacon traveled to Paris to study painting at the École des Beaux Arts. Unlike his peers, however, who returned to the states after an encounter with impressionism, Bacon remained abroad for the majority of his career, painting conservative historical genre scenes and pictures of the exotic Middle East. Dissimilar in subject matter, Bacon’s paintings share a moralizing tone and a pervasive nostalgia for a primitive, pre-industrial past. Bacon’s American subjects proved to be highly popular and his magnum opus, The Boston Boys and General Gage, 1775, was exhibited in Memorial Hall at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.

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Church and Lake

Church and Lake

Henry Bacon (American, 1839-1912)
Landscape
General View of the Acropolis at Sunset

General View of the Acropolis at Sunset

Henry Bacon (American, 1839-1912)
Landscape
Piazza San Marco

Piazza San Marco (1839-1912)

Henry Bacon (American, 1839-1912)
Landscape
Temple of Nike Apteros

Temple of Nike Apteros

Henry Bacon (American, 1839-1912)
Landscape
The Erechtheum

The Erechtheum

Henry Bacon (American, 1839-1912)
Landscape
The Parthenon, West Façade

The Parthenon, West Façade

Henry Bacon (American, 1839-1912)
Landscape
Theatre of Dionysus

Theatre of Dionysus (1839-1912)

Henry Bacon (American, 1839-1912)
Landscape
Spirit of the Sphinx

Spirit of the Sphinx

Henry Bacon (American, 1839-1912)
Mythology
The Parthenon, East Facade

The Parthenon, East Facade

Henry Bacon (American, 1839-1912)
Landscape
Gate to the Sea

Gate to the Sea

Henry Bacon (American, 1839-1912)
Figurative
Portrait of a Young Boy

Portrait of a Young Boy

Henry Bacon (American, 1839-1912)
Figurative
Portrait of a young girl

Portrait of a young girl

Henry Bacon (American, 1839-1912)
Figurative
Central Metope of the Frieze of Phidias, Parthenon

Central Metope of the Frieze of Phidias, Parthenon (ca. 1909-1912)

Henry Bacon (American, 1839-1912)
Mythology
Lincoln Memorial

Lincoln Memorial (1933-1943)

Henry Bacon (American, 1839-1912)
Landscape

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