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John White Alexander - Printing Press mural in Evolution of the Book series

Printing Press mural in Evolution of the Book series (1896)

John White Alexander (American, 1856-1915)
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The Artist died in 1915 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer. It is in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before Jan 1, 1926
John White Alexander

John White Alexander was an American portrait, figure, and decorative painter and illustrator.
Alexander was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, now a part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Orphaned in infancy, he was reared by his grandparents and, at the age of 12, became a telegraph boy in Pittsburgh. Edward J. Allen became an early supporter and patron of John W. Alexander, adopting the orphaned Alexander while he worked at the Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph Co. as a young man. Allen brought Alexander to the Allen home at "Edgehill" where Alexander painted various members of the Allen family, including Colonel Allen. His talent at drawing attracted the attention of one of his employers, who assisted him to develop them.

He moved to New York City at the age of 18 and worked in an office at Harper's Weekly, where he was an illustrator and political cartoonist at the same time that Abbey, Pennell, Pyle, and other celebrated illustrators labored there. After an apprenticeship of three years, he traveled to Munich for his first formal training. Owing to the lack of funds, he removed to the village of Polling, Bavaria, and worked with Frank Duveneck. They traveled to Venice, where he profited by the advice of Whistler, and then he continued his studies in Florence, Italy; the Netherlands; and Paris.

In 1881, he returned to New York City and speedily achieved great success in portraiture, numbering among his sitters Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Burroughs, Henry G. Marquand, R.A.L. Stevenson, and president McCosh of Princeton University.

Alexander was married to Elizabeth Alexander Alexander, to whom he was introduced in part because of their shared last name. Elizabeth was the daughter of James Waddell Alexander, President of the Equitable Life Assurance Society at the time of the Hyde Ball scandal. The Alexanders had one child, the mathematician James Waddell Alexander II.

Many of his paintings are in museums and public places in the United States and in Europe, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Art Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Butler Institute, and the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. In addition, in the entrance hall to the Art Museum of the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a series of Alexander's murals titled "Apotheosis of Pittsburgh" (1905–1907) covers the walls of the three-story atrium area.

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The manuscript book

The manuscript book (1896)

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The Cairn

The Cairn (1896)

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Oral Tradition mural in Evolution of the Book series

Oral Tradition mural in Evolution of the Book series (1896)

John White Alexander (American, 1856-1915)
Portrait of Mrs. John White Alexander

Portrait of Mrs. John White Alexander (circa 1902)

John White Alexander (American, 1856-1915)
Cairn mural in Evolution of the Book series

Cairn mural in Evolution of the Book series (1896)

John White Alexander (American, 1856-1915)
Bronze Bowl

Bronze Bowl (circa 1895)

John White Alexander (American, 1856-1915)
Isabella Guthrie McCosh (1817-1909)

Isabella Guthrie McCosh (1817-1909) (1908–09)

John White Alexander (American, 1856-1915)
Silhouette of a Young Girl

Silhouette of a Young Girl

John White Alexander (American, 1856-1915)
Egyptian hieroglyphics mural in Evolution of the Book series

Egyptian hieroglyphics mural in Evolution of the Book series (1896)

John White Alexander (American, 1856-1915)
Portrait of Kathleen Cowan

Portrait of Kathleen Cowan (1900)

John White Alexander (American, 1856-1915)
The Ring

The Ring (1911)

John White Alexander (American, 1856-1915)
Newton Booth Tarkington

Newton Booth Tarkington

John White Alexander (American, 1856-1915)
Mrs. Thomas Hastings

Mrs. Thomas Hastings (circa 1901)

John White Alexander (American, 1856-1915)
Study for The Skinner Sisters

Study for The Skinner Sisters (1908)

John White Alexander (American, 1856-1915)
Young woman in white; Miss Cynthia – Illustration for ‘The House with Cross’

Young woman in white; Miss Cynthia – Illustration for ‘The House with Cross’

John White Alexander (American, 1856-1915)
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