Background
Murphy, Hermann Dudley was born on August 25, 1867 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel Francis and Ellen Frances (Ladd) Murphy.
Murphy, Hermann Dudley was born on August 25, 1867 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel Francis and Ellen Frances (Ladd) Murphy.
Student Chauncy Hall School, Boston, 1880-1885, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Academy Julian, Paris. Pupil of Jean Paul Laurens, and Benjamin Constant.
Artist of Nicaragua Canal Construction Company, 88. Instructor in Free Hand Drawing, Harvard University, 1900-1930 and Member, Faculty of Architecture. Chief Inspector, Camouflage, United States Shipping Board, 1918.
Appointed to Massachusetts State Art Commission, by Governor McCall, since 1915.
Member faculty architecture, Harvard, 1902-1937. Member Art Commission of Massachusetts, 1916-1943. Represented in permanent collections of Albright Gallery (Buffalo), Museums of Fine Arts (Boston), The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, Nashville Art Association, Art Museum (Dallas, Texas), Springville (Utah) Art Association, Buck Hill Art Association Bronze medal, Buffalo Exposition, 1901.
Member Boston Water Color. Clubs: National Arts (New York).
Married Caroline S. Bowles, 1895.; married second, Nelly Littlehale Umbstaetter, 1916. Children: Dudley, Bowles, Carlene Bowles.