Background
James, Alexander was born on December 22, 1890 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Alice Howe (Gibbens) James.
James, Alexander was born on December 22, 1890 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Alice Howe (Gibbens) James.
Studied painting under Abbott H. Thayer, Dublin, New Hampshire (U.S.), and Frank West. Benson, Boston.
Figure, portrait and landscape painter since 1916. Instructor life drawing Corcoran School Art, Washington, District of Columbia, 1920-1921. Represented by paintings in Boston Museum Fine Arts, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Addison Gallery American Art, Andover, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Wichita (Kansas) Museum of Art, The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, Missoury, also in Gallery of Science and Art (1940), International Business Machines Corporation.
Clubs: Century Association, Coffee House (New York City).
Married Frederika Paine, August 31, 1916. Children: Alexander Robertson, Daniel Frederick, Michael.