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from Auction House Records.
Autumn Landscape with a Stream
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  A tonalist* landscapist as well as painter of figure and genre scenes, Lewis Cohen was born in London to American parents, and grew up in New York City. He attended Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, graduating in 1878. Ill health led him to abandon studies of medicine. Supported by personal wealth, he spent recuperative time in the Adirondacks and five years in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was during this period he developed his artistic talents, which had been a youthful hobby.
In 1884, he enrolled in the Slade School of Art* in London, and later studied with J. Watson Nicoll and portraitist A.S. Cope. In Paris, he was a student of Alphonse Legros, and remained in France for nearly 20 years. He exhibited at the Paris Salon* and the London Royal Academy*. Success brought him collectors of his paintings, and colleagues with much less money spoke of his generosity to them.
In 1904, he established a studio on 67th Street in New York City. Four years earlier he had first visited Old Lyme, Connecticut*, and in 1909, he bought property there, becoming a regular summer visitor and a part of the Old Lyme artist colony along with Henry Ward Ranger and Frank Bicknell. This environment also redirected his painting from figure and genre scenes to pastoral landscapes.
In 1911 in New York City, he was elected an Associate Member of the
National Academy of Design*. He was also a member of the
Salmagundi Club*, and in 1915 at the San Francisco Exposition* was awarded
the Silver Medal in painting.
Sources:
Mary Lublin, "Lewis Cohen", Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design, David Dearinger, Editor.
Edan Hughes, Artists in California Before 1940
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Lewis Cohen was born in London, England on June 27, 1857. Upon graduation from Dartmouth College, he studied art with Alphonse Legros and J. Watson Nicol in London. He then studied with Charles Blanc while living in Paris for 20 years.
He was in San Francisco in 1907 and again in 1915 when he won a silver medal at the Panama Pacific International Exposition.
He died in New York City on Aug. 4, 1915.
Memberships:
Association of National Academy of Design; Salmagundi Club.
Exhibitions:
Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1907-08; Art Institute of Chicago, 1911-12. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
American Art Annual 1913; NY Times, 8-5-1915 (obituary). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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Lewis Cohen is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
Old Lyme Colony Painters
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