biography of Henry PRELLWITZ (1865-1940)

Birth place: NYC

Death place: East Greenwich, RI

Addresses: NYC/Cornish, NH/Peconic, NY

Profession: Painter

Studied: P.T. Dewing; ASL; Académie Julian, Paris with J.P. Laurens, 1887-89.

Exhibited: NAD , 1892-93 (third Hallgarten Prize), 1894-97, 1907 (Clarke Prize); PAFA Ann., 1893-94, 1898, 1903-04; Pan-Am. Expo, Buffalo, 1901 (bronze med.); St. Louis Expo 1904 (med.); AIC

Member: SAA 1897 (sec.); ANA 1906, NA 1912 (treasurer); Century Assn.; Cornish Colony.

Comments: Known for his idealistic paintings, he was part of the artists" colony in Peconic, which included E.A. Bell, Irving Wiles and B. Fitz. His wife Edith was also an accomplished painter. Teacher: drawing and life classes, Pratt AI; dir., ASL, 1894-98.

Sources: WW40; Pisano, The Long Island Landscape, n.p.; Falk, Exh. Record Series.