biography of William St-John HARPER (1851-1910)

Birth place: Rhineback, NY

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter, etcher, teacher

Studied: NAD; with Bonn‚t, Munkacsy, in Paris.

Exhibited: NAD, 1882, 1892-1900, 1892 (prize); PAFA, 1887; Pan.-Am. Expo., Buffalo, 1901 (prize).

Member: ANA, 1892; Artists Aid Soc.; NY Etching Club.

Comments: Positions: head/teacher, ASL; teacher, NAD, CUA School, School Arts & Crafts, Emma Willard Art School, Troy, NY, Summer School Painting, Northport, NY; art dir., New York Daily Graphic, 1878. Painted in East Hampton, Long Island, in the 1890s.

Sources: WW10; East Hampton: The 19th Century Artists' Paradise; Falk, Exh. Record Series.

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