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Wayman Elbridge Adams

Wayman Elbridge Adams (1883 - 1959) was active/lived in New York, Texas.  Wayman Adams is known for Portrait-notables, figure, genre and mural painting.

Wayman Adams is known for portraits of prominent persons including authors, painters, political leaders, etc.  His portrait of Booth Tarkington brought him early recognition, and he was known as a "lightning" artist because his portraits were completed in one sitting.  Ethnic types constitute one of the most intriguing aspects of his work.

After receiving instruction at the Herron Art Institute* of Indianapolis, he went on to study with William Merritt Chase in Florence, Italy.  From there he traveled, in 1912, to Spain with Robert Henri, and besides studying Velazquez, made many sketches of the life of the Spanish people.

The sitter is the main focus in Adams' portraits, although he did utilize accessories. Examples of such accessories would be a cigarette in his portrait of Professor Alexander Ernestinoff, shown after the War in the Luxembourg; a desk with papers and a Chinese figurine in the portrait of the dramatic critic Oliver Saylor; o   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8715 characters.]  Artist bio

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