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Edmund Messer

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Edmund Clarence Messer (1842 - 1919) was active/lived in District Of Columbia, Maine.  Edmund Messer is known for Landscape, portrait and wildlife painting, educator.

Edmund Clarence Messer was born in Skowhegan, Maine in 1842.  As a young boy he moved west to Minnesota with his family and served briefly (1862) in the Civil War with the Minnesota First Infantry before being discharged for health reasons.  He moved with his family to Washington in 1863 and entered the studio of Peter Baumgras.  He subsequently studied at the Copper Institute and Cummings Academy in New York, the Philadelphia Academy of Art, the National Academy of Design, and the Academy of Design in Chicago.  In Paris, he studied with Raphael Collin and Gustave Courtois.

Following these studies (1863-1870), Messer lived in Washington for the better part of fifty years and became a fixture of the art scene in the nation's capital.  He was a founding member of the Washington Art Club (1876), where his august 1895 self-portrait now hangs, and became an instructor in the club's art school (1879-1885). After a second trip to Europe in 1885, he returne   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1857 characters.]  Artist bio

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15 Book References for Edmund Messer
Year Author Title Pages Color
2016 Bacharach, Joan (General Editor) Treasured Landscapes: National Park Service Art Collections Tell America's Stories (National Park Service) 160 Yes
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)		 622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1983 Cosentino, Andrew; Henry H. Glassie The Capital Image Painters in Washington 1800-1915
(Exhibition catalog)		 280 Yes
1983 Wright, R Lewis Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist 200 No
1973 Naylor, Maria Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
(Exhibition catalog)		 1075 No
1954 Greenman, Frances Cranmer Higher than the Sky 305 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
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