biography of Arthur LUMLEY (c.1837-1912)

Birth place: Dublin, Ireland

Death place: Mt. Vernon, NY

Addresses: Brooklyn, NY (immigrated before 1840)

Profession: Landscape painter and illustrator

Studied: NAD.

Exhibited: NAD, 1861, 1871, 1886, 1893; Brooklyn AA, 1863-72, 1886

Work: LOC; NYPL

Comments: He was the first artist sent to the Army of the Potomac by Leslie's to cover the Civil War. Position: associated with illustrated papers, U.S. and Europe.

Sources: G&W; WW06. Art Annual, X, obit.; Thieme-Becker; Hamilton, 367-68. More recently, see Wright, Artists in Virgina Before 1900.