Frederic Crowninshield

Frederic Crowninshield

Frederic Crowninshield (1845-1918), taught at the Museum of Fine Arts School of Drawing and Painting when it was housed in the basement of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in Copley Square. One of his best-known works is a stained-glass window depicting The Pilgrim's Progress, entitled [http://www.emmanuel-boston.org/window.html "Emmanuel's Land"] , which he designed in 1899 in memory of his mother, Mrs. Howard Payson Arnold.

Frederic Crowningshield was born in Boston, graduated at Harvard College in 1866, and studied abroad 11 years; under Rowbotham in London, Couture in Italy, and Cabanel in Paris. From 1879 to 1885 he was an instructor in the Boston Art School, after which he removed to New York, where he was president of the Fine Arts Federation from 1900 to 1909. In 1911 he was appointed director of the American Academy in Rome. New International Encyclopedia

Works

His writings include:
* "Mural Painting" (1887)
* "Pictoris Carmina" (1900)
* "A Painter's Moods" (1902)
* "Tales in Metre" (1903)

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