ARTIST: Carl John Blenner (New York, Connecticut, Europe, 1862 - 1952)
TITLE: Portrait of Woman
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Relined. Few minor paint losses. Some craquelure. Few scattered minor inpaintings.
ART SIZE: 27 x 22 inches / 68 x 55 cm
FRAME SIZE: 33 x 28 inches / 83 x 71 cm
SIGNATURE: upper left
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CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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SKU#: 131985
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BIOGRAPHY:
Carle J. Blenner was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1864. He was educated at Marburg, Germany, and graduated from the Yale University Art School. He studied for six years at the Academie Julien in Paris, under Bouguereau, Robert-Fleury, and Aman-Jean. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1887, at age 23, and for the next three years. His first exhibitions in the United States were in New York, and these commenced around 1889. From the 1890s, he maintained a working studio on 57th Street in New York City for more than 50 years.Blenner's talent was recognized in the United States early on, as two of his paintings were selected for exhibition at the important 1893 Chicago World's Fair Columbian Exposition. He also exhibited regularly at the National Academy of Design and won their prestigious Hallgarten Prize in 1899. Additionally, Blenner won a medal in Boston in 1891, a medal at the Pan Am Expo in 1901, a medal at the St. Louis Expo in 1904, a medal in Charleston, South Carolina, and won prizes in Springfield, Massachusetts and in New Haven, Connecticut in 1932.Blenner was a member of several prominent art clubs and organizations including, the American Federation of Artists, the Greenwich Academy of Fine Arts, the Greenwich Art Association, the New Haven Paint and Clay Club, the Newport Art Association, Rhode Island, the Salmagundi Club, New York City, and the Washington Arts Club, Washington, D.C. His works can be found in the permanent collection of many American Art Museums.Blenner died in New Haven, Connecticut in 1952.