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Francis Humphry W Woolrych

Francis Humphry W. Woolrych (1868 - 1941) was active/lived in Missouri / Australia, France.  Francis Woolrych is known for Portrait and landscape easel painting, historical themed murals.

The following is from Alice Avina, great granddaughter of Francis and Bertha Hewitt Woolrych:

Francis Woolrych was born in Sidney Australia to English parents. He studied fine arts in Paris, France. His wife, Bertha Hewitt Woolrych, was born in Alton, Illinois. She also studied fine arts in Paris, France, where they met and were married.

Francis Humphry Woolrych's speciality was nudes, landscapes and portraits. He has a mural in the dome in the capital building named the Wealth of the North in Jefferson City, Missouri and in the St. Louis Library. He was noted in the 1904 Artists Who's Who in America.

Bertha Hewitt was a wonderful artist; she was noted in 1904 artists Who's Who in America, and "Women Artists of 1900's," and several other publications. Her specialty was portraits and still life in oil and pastel--her pastels were awesome! so life like, you could almost see them breathe!

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8 Book References for Francis Humphry W. Woolrych
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
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
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
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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