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William "Billy" James Jr

William "Billy" James, Jr. (1882 - 1961) was active/lived in Massachusetts, New Hampshire.  William James Jr is known for Portrait and landscape painting, teaching.

William [Billy] James Jr. was an art instructor at Museum of Boston Fine Art's School from 1913-1926 and later a chairman and its director. As an artist he was essentially a portrait painter, whose work does include some landscapes, a small amount of still lives as well as some watercolors. Many of his portraits, identified as to sitter, can be found on Microfilm Reel 4392 from the William James Papers at the Smithsonian.

James Jr. was the son of theologian and philosopher William James Sr. as well as the nephew of the renowned novelist Henry James, James Sr's. brother. William Jr. would attend Harvard to pursue a medical degree, as did his father who had enrolled in Harvard Medical School in 1864, first taught at Harvard in 1873, and became a full professor there in 1885.

James Jr. finished his four year program in three years and then embarked to the University of Geneva studying science and anatomy. He also attended the University of Marburg in Germany. He returned to   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5973 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about William "Billy" James Jr

   Publications  Book References:  18
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for William "Billy" James, Jr.
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Guild of Boston Artists: 90th Anniv October 2004 Curtis, Judith A Yes
18 Book References for William "Billy" James, Jr.
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
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
2001 Reed, Walt The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators 452 Yes
1999 Editor, Smith College Museum Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from Smith College Museum 307 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1995 Adams, H. and Johnson, K. Made in America Ten Centuries of American Art 192 Yes
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
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1986 Gammell, R H Ives The Boston Painters 1900-1930 204 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1980 Pierce, Patricia Jobe Edmund C Tarbell and the Boston School of Painting (1889-1980) 285 Yes
1969 Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed) American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes) 600 Yes
1968 Boston University Boston Painters 1720-1940
(Exhibition catalog)
70 No
1936 Breckinridge, Mrs. (essay) First National Exhibition of American Art
(Exhibition catalog)
32 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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