21. Henry Edward Lamson (1841-1919), commonly known as E.L. Henry, was an American
painter, born in Charleston, South Carolina. Though born in Charleston, by age seven his
parents had died and Henry moved to live with cousins in New York City. He began
studying painting, there and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. In
1860 he went to Paris, where he studied with Charles Gleyre and Gustave Courbe. A
painter of colonial and early American themes and incidents of rural life.
Edward Lamson Henry (1841-1919), conocido comúnmente como E.L. Henry, fue un
pintor norteamericano, nacido en Charleston, South Carolina. Aunque nació en
Charleston, a los siete años sus padres murieron y Henry se trasladó a vivir con sus
primos a Nueva York. Comenzó sus estudios de pintura allí en la Academia de Bellas
Artes de Filadelfia. En 1860, se trasladó a París donde estudió con Charles Gleyre y
Courbe Gustave. Un pintor sobre temas coloniales y rurales de la vida cotidiana
americana de principios de siglo.
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