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Ad Code: 3
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from Auction House Records.
Portrait of Captain and Assistant Surgeon James Cooper McKee
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
| | Painter. Born in Cleveland, OH in 1832. Wright studied art at the NAD and was active in the West in the 1850s. It is unknown what dates he was in California. His oil painting The Card Players in the Oakland Museum is dated 1884, but could possibly have been done from an earlier sketch. He is best known as a portraitist of 19th century political figures. He died in 1900, probably in Brooklyn, NY. Exh: NAD, 1862-80; Brooklyn AA, 1865-80. Ben; Fld; G&W; Art of the Gold Rush. | | 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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