biography of John Mackie FALCONER (1820-1903)

Birth place: Edinburgh, Scotland

Death place: NYC

Addresses: NYC, settled c.1848, until his death

Profession: Portrait, landscape and genre painter, enameller, etcher, and watercolorist

Studied: NAD; Graham Art School; Brooklyn AA; traveled extensively in Europe.

Exhibited: American Art-Union; NAD, 1861-86; Brooklyn AA, 1861-86; PAFA, 1861, 1882, 1884-85, 1888; Boston Athenaeum; Boston AC, 1880-84; East Hampton, 1870s-1880s (landscapes & interiors)

Member: NYEC; NAD (Honorary Member, Professional); Am. WCS.

Work: NYHS

Comments: Specialties: oil paintings of historic bldgs.; water colors, enamel on porcelain; restoration of paintings. He spent his entire American career in NYC with exception of several painting trips to Canada, the Midwest and Virginia.

Sources: G&W; Art Annual, IV, obIt.; Thieme-Becker; Cowdrey, AA & AAU; Cowdrey, NAD; Rutledge, PA; Swan, BA; Portfolio (March 1945), 168, repro.; Pisano, The Long Island Landscape, n.p.; Falk, Exh. Record Series.