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William Penhallow Henderson
American artist
William Penhallow Henderson ( - ) was an American painter, architect, and furniture designer.
Early life and education
William Penhallow Henderson was born in in Medford, Massachusetts.
His father, William Oliver Henderson, was a friend of painter William Edward Norton and an amateur painter himself. During Henderson's childhood, the family moved several times, settling in Turkey Creek, Texas in and in Clifton, Kansas in
Returning to Boston in , Henderson studied at the Massachusetts Normal Art School and, in , entered the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, studying under Edmund Charles Tarbell.
In the following year, he won the Paige Traveling Scholarship for two years of study in Europe. His travels, from –, included London, where he became acquainted with the family of John Singer Sargent.
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December 25, Happy Holidays! October 16, Marjorie Reed, Jose D. September 18, Verdy Jake, Joe H. September 6, New Works by Matt Smith. August 9, Frank Patania Sr.He also traveled to Paris, Berlin, Dresden, Madrid, and the Azores.
Career
From to , Henderson taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago. In he painted in Mexico and Arizona with colleague Carl N. Werntz. In he married Alice Corbin, a poet and assistant editor of Poetry Magazine. Their only child, Alice Oliver Henderson, was born in
Between and Henderson completed ten murals for the Joliet Township High School.
Mrs. Henderson's book Anderson's Best Fairy Tales, illustrated by her husband, provided the funds for a second trip to Europe from In , Henderson built a house and studio of his own design at Lake Bluff, Illinois, and in the same year he was commissioned by Frank Lloyd Wright to design murals for Midway Gardens, Chicago. Unfortunately, the murals were painted over shortly after completion.
William penhallow henderson biography of nancy pelosi Painter, architect. Henderson grew up in Medford, Massachusetts, on a cattle ranch in Texas, and in a small Kansas town. In , after more than a decade teaching and painting in Chicago, Henderson moved to Santa Fe with his wife, the poet and editor Alice Corbin. There his interest in the Indian and Hispanic residents of the Southwest inspired work in several media. Best known are his pastels and oils, less so his murals, handcrafted furniture, stage designs, and innovative architectural projects.In the following year, he designed the scenery and costumes for the Chicago Fine Arts Theatre production of Alice in Wonderland.
Because his wife Alice Corbin Henderson had tuberculosis, the Hendersons moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in In Henderson was employed by the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation in San Francisco to paint camouflage onto the hulls of ships during World War I.[1]
In Henderson, with his first son-in-law John Evans, formed the Pueblo-Spanish Building Company, through which he designed and built many private homes and some public buildings, including the Railroad Ticket Office in Santa Fe.
Henderson was also successful at designing carved wooden furniture. In the mids, he was appointed to the Federal Arts Project, for which he completed easel paintings and six murals for the Santa Fe Federal Court Building.
In , Henderson designed the Navajo House of Religion, built in the style of a Navajohogan, in Santa Fe. It is now called the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.
The museum's earliest names were the Navajo House of Prayer and House of Navajo Religion, but soon after it opened to the public its name officially became the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art.
In , Henderson completed the six WPA murals begun by Gerald Cassidy for the U.S. Courthouse (Santa Fe, New Mexico).[2]
Henderson died in in Tesuque, New Mexico.
Virginia henderson biography William Penhallow Henderson began his fine art education at the Boston Museum School, where he received the Paige Traveling Scholarship, which allowed him to study in Europe. In keeping with his solitary nature, Henderson did not join a specific atelier while in Europe. Instead he chose to explore museums and galleries on his own, studying both old masters and contemporaries. He produced his own sketches and paintings as well. These images would later serve as records of his discovery of pure color.His art resides in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Denver Art Association, New Mexico Museum of Art,[3]Taos Art Museum and the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History.
The Santa Fe home of he and his wife, at Camino del Monte Sol, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing building in the Camino del Monte Sol Historic District.[4]
References
Further reading
- Breeskin, Adelyn D.
(). William Penhallow Henderson, – An Artist of Santa Fe. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- Feldman, Sandra K. (). William Penhallow Henderson, The Early Years: –.
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New York: Hirschl & Adler Galleries.
- Phoenix Art Museum (). William Penhallow Henderson: Master Colorist of Santa Fe. Phoenix: Phoenix Art Museum.