biography of Fernand Harvey LUNGREN (1857-1932)

Birth place: Hagerstown, MD

Addresses: NYC; Santa Barbara, CA, from 1907

Profession: Painter, illustrator

Studied: Univ. Maryland; Cincinnati; NYC; PAFA, with Eakins, 1878; NYC; privately in Paris, 1890-92.

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1880-81, 1895-1903, 1911; Brooklyn AA, 1882-83; Boston AC, 1886, 1894, 1898, 1902-03; NAD, 1895-96; AIC; Pan.-Pac. Int. Expo., 1915; SFAA, 1916

Member: Santa Barbara Art Lg.; AFA.

Work: Santa Barbara State Col.; CGA; Univ. Calif., Santa Barbara; Earl C. Adams coll.; Stenzel coll.

Comments: He grew up in Toledo, OH, and was encouraged to pursue an art career by Kenyon Cox. After studying in Cincinnati and Philadelphia, began working as an illustrator in NYC for Scribner's magazine, later contributing to Harper's, Century, and St. Nicholas, as well. In 1890, he traveled to Paris, where he studied and painted in a Belle Epoque realistic style close to that of Sargent. Returning to Cincinnati, he became acquainted with J.H. Sharp and Henry Farny, both of whom were immersed in painting Western subjects. Lungren sketched in New Mexico and Arizona in 1892-93, and thereafter also became a specialist in Native Americans, especially the ceremonies and folklore of the Moquis, Navaho, and Apache; and Southwestern desert scenes. He moved to California in 1903 and settled in Santa Barbara in 1907. Founder: Santa Barbara Sch. Art. Illustrator: The Mountains and The Pass (both novels by S.E. White).

Sources: WW31; P&H Samuels, 297, report alternate birth date of 1857; Hughes, Artists in California, 347; Falk, Exh. Record Series.