Background
Tait, John Robinson was born on January 14, 1834 in Cincinnati. Son of George and Eliza Dickey (Morrison) Tait.
Tait, John Robinson was born on January 14, 1834 in Cincinnati. Son of George and Eliza Dickey (Morrison) Tait.
Studied Woodward College, Cincinnati, 1845-1850. Graduate Bethany College, Virginia, 1852. Studied art and painted in Florence, Italy, 1853-1856.
In Düsseldorf, 1859-1871.
Munich, 1873-1876.
Author: European Life, Legend and Landscape, 1859. Dolce far Niente (poems), 1859. Was for several years art critic New York Mail and Express.
Home: Baltimore, Maryland.
Married Anna Dolores Tiernan, December 26, 1872.