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Irving Reuben Bacon

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Irving Reuben Bacon (1875 - 1962) was active/lived in Florida, Michigan, California, Massachusetts.  Irving Bacon is known for Designer-car ornaments, portrait.

The following information is provided by Ralph Diethelm from Zurich Switzerland:

I have three pictures by this artist acquired in the 1950's. The pictures were given by Mr. Henry Ford to his housekeeper at Fairlane (Dearborn, Michigan) who subsequently gave them to my mother and from my mother to me.

Irving R. Bacon was a sponsored protege of Henry Ford and studied art in Munich, Germany in the early 1900's. Upon his return to the United States, Mr. Bacon became the "house" painter for Henry Ford and the Ford family, and subsequently for many years, the Editor-in-Chief of the in-house periodical, "Ford Times."

He has never been widely exhibited and his paintings (as far as I know) are in the Edison Museum at Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan and in the Detroit Institute of Arts. I have also seen his paintings at the DuMoucelle (?) art gallery in Detroit. Most of the paintings on exhibit at Greenfield Village are family portraits of the Ford family. The pictur   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1907 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Irving Reuben Bacon


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • Royal Academy of the Arts, England
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Design
  • Easel Painting
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art MediaArt SubjectGeography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • California Before 1940
  • Michigan Before 1940
Art Association
  • Scarab Club, Detroit
Art Teacher
  • Carl (Karl) Von Marr
  • Edward Moran
  • Francis Luis Mora
  • William Merritt Chase
Art School
  • Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (Royal Academy, Student
  • New York School of Art, Chase School, Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Animal Specialty
  • Figure Specialty
  • Genre Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
  • National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Detroit Institute of Art
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
  • Paris Salons

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