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John Rea Neill

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John Rea Neill (1877 - 1943) was active/lived in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey.  John Neill is known for Book illustration, landscape painting.

John R. Neill was born November 12, 1877 in Philadelphia, PA, fifth in a family of eight children. He grew up in Germantown, PA., his father died when he was 10 and his mother managed to keep the large family together and ran the family laundry business. In 1895, he graduated from the Philadelphia Central High School and enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Neill dropped out of school after one semester because he said, "they have nothing to teach me." In 1896, he worked as "cub reporter" for a Philadelphia newspaper doing sketches in Police Court. Then moved to the Philadelphia Inquirer where he stayed for three years learning the trade. He started working at the Philadelphia North American in 1898 and began receiving commissions.

In 1900, he moved to New York City to work for the Evening Journal. He returned to Philadelphia and the North American in 1901. In 1902 he married Elsie Barrows on October 7, 1904, and left the Nor   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3019 characters.]  Artist bio

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.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for John Rea Neill available:    Frederic Gruger,  William Francis (Frank) Ver Beck,  Johnny Gruelle,  Maurice Sendak,  Benjamin Kilvert,  Edward Gorey,  Michael Hague,  Frederick Sands Brunner,  Saul Tepper,  Bob Peak,  Rose Cecil (Cecilia) O'Neill,  John Gannam,  Harold Gaze,  Willy Pogany,  Louis John Rhead,  Grace Drayton,  Peter Driben,  George Petty,  Fritz Willis,  Harry Anderson,  Bernard (Bernie) Fuchs,  William Heath Robinson,  Robert McGinnis,  Sidney Riesenberg



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   Publications  Book References:  10
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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for John Rea Neill
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Illustration John R. Neill: The Royal Illustrator of Oz August 2006 Hearn, Michael Patrick Yes
10 Book References for John Rea Neill
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
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 Johnson, Fridolf Treasury of American Pen-and-Ink Illustration 1881 to 1938 149 No
1980 Boston Public Library The Artist and the Child Exhibition of Children's Books
(Exhibition catalog)		 96 No
1978 Perlman, Bennard B Golden Age of American Illustration F R Gruger and His Circle 232 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1932 Hartmann, Sadekichi A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One 363 No
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