biography of Carl SPRINCHORN (1887-1971)

Birth place: Broby, Sweden

Death place: Albany, NY

Addresses: NYC, Mt. Vernon, NY; Selkirk, NY

Profession: Painter

Studied: Robert Henri at NY Sch. Art & Henri Sch.

Exhibited: PAFA ann., 1910, 1925; Armory Show, NYC, 1913; S. Indp. A., 1917-18, 1920, 1922-24, 1928; Salons of Am., 1922, 1923, 1927, 1934; Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1943, 1951; AIC, 1932, 1943; WMAA, 1936, 1938; Walker AC, 1943; Toledo Mus. Art, 1943; CM, 1932; WMA (solo); Chicao AC (solo); Am.-Swedish Hist. Mus., Phila, 1942 (solo); Summit (NJ) AA, 1935 (solo); George Hellman Gal.; Knoedler Gal.; Marie Sterner Gal.; Frank Rehn Gal.; Ainslie's Gal.; Macbeth Gal.; Delaware AC, Wilmington, 1960 (50th Anniversary Exh., Independent Artists); Colby College, 1964 (Maine Artists" exh.); T. Veilleux Gal, Farmington, ME, 1994 (solo)"

Member: Brooklyn Soc. Modern Art; Soc. Indep. Artists; Salons of America; AEA.

Work: PMG; PMA; BM; Dayton AI; Mus. City of NY; RISD; Macbeth Gal., NYC; PC; FMA; MMA; High Mus. Art; Univ. Maine; New Britain Mus.; Providence Mus. Art; Am-Swedish Hist. Soc., Phila., PA

Comments: He came to NYC at age 16 and became a long-time student of Robert Henri. Sprinchorn traveled and painted in Europe in 1914, joining a small Swedish-American settlement in Maine during the 1920s. Contrib.: Dial.

Sources: WW66; WW47; 300 Years of American Art, 819; Falk, Exh. Record Series.