Russell Cheney
Russell Cheney | |
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 Cheney in 1904 | |
| Born | October 16, 1881 Manchester, Connecticut, US |
| Died | July 12, 1945 (aged 63) Kittery, Maine, US |
| Resting place | East Cemetery, Manchester, Connecticut, US |
| Alma mater | Yale University Académie Julian Art Students League of New York |
| Known for | Painting |
Russell Cheney (October 16, 1881 – July 12, 1945) was an
Post-Impressionist
and New England regionalist painter.
Early life and education
The youngest of eleven children, Cheney was born in
Salon des Artistes Francais); he resigned a year later but continued to take classes there, studying with Chase as a private pupil. Cheney spent the summers between 1911 and 1914 painting in York and nearby Ogunquit, Maine. In 1912, he studied there with Charles Woodbury
.
Career
In 1909, Cheney exhibited his portrait of Professor Candle at the
San Francisco Museum of Art
Cheney illustrated F. O. Matthiessen's book Sarah Orne Jewett (1929), a work on the life and work of writer of the same name.
Cheney was a member of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, and San Francisco Art Society.[citation needed]
Personal life
Cheney's health was poor and he spent two years in a Colorado tuberculosis sanatorium and subsequently spent winters in warm climes. He was the longtime partner and lover of author
mesenteric thrombosis
. He was buried in East Cemetery in Manchester, Connecticut. He was survived by Matthiessen and two sisters, Ednah Cheney Underhill of Santa Barbara, California, and Mrs. Halstead Dorey of Boerne, Texas.
References
- ^ Barlow, Susan. "Russell Cheney : Manchester artist".
- ISBN 0-316-72091-7.
- ^ Candee, Richard M. "Rediscovery of a New England Master : Russell Cheney (1881 -1945)".
- ISBN 1-55583-110-9.
Further reading
- Francis Otto Matthiessen (1947). Russell Cheney, 1881-1945: a record of his work. Oxford University Press. OCLC 493016.
- Louis Hyde, ed. (1978). Rat & the Devil: Journal Letters of F.O. Matthiessen and Russell Cheney. Alyson Publications. ISBN 978-1-55583-110-3.
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