biography
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Blashfield, Edwin (Howland)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1848–1936)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in New York City, New York, USA. He studied in Paris (1867), and returned to America to paint large murals, such as the one commissioned for the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. He also executed decorations for the Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa state capitols, and a large mosaic for the Church of St. Matthew, Washington (DC). Among his publications are Mural Painting in America (1913) and, with his wife, Italian Cities (1900). |
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