- John Joseph Enneking
John Joseph Enneking (
October 4 ,1841 -November 16 ,1916 ) was an American landscape painter born of German ancestry inMinster, Ohio on 4 October 1841.He was educated at
Mount St. Mary's College ,Cincinnati , served in theAmerican Civil War in 1861-1862, studied art inNew York andBoston , and gave it up because his eyes were weak, only to return to it after failing in the manufacture oftinware .From 1873 to 1876 he studied in
Münich underSchleich andLeier , and inParis underDauhigny and Bonnat; and in 1878-1879 he studied in Paris again and sketched in theNetherlands . Enneking is apleinairist , and his favorite subject is the November twilight ofNew England , and more generally the half lights of early spring, late autumn, and winter dawn and evening.The Enneking Parkway in
Hyde Park, Massachusetts is named after John Joseph Enneking.References
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