Background
Kronberg was born in Boston, and studied at the Boston Museum School, under Edmund C. Tarbell and Frank Weston Benson, where he earned a Longfellow Traveling Scholarship.
Kronberg was born in Boston, and studied at the Boston Museum School, under Edmund C. Tarbell and Frank Weston Benson, where he earned a Longfellow Traveling Scholarship.
Kronberg also studied at the Art Students" League, New York, and at the Académie Julian (1894–1896) under Jean-Paul Laurens and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, and privately with Raphaël Collin.
Among his best-known works are Behind the Footlights (Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia) and The Pink Sash (Metropolitan Museum, New York). In Paris, Kronberg became enamored with the works of Edgar Degas and proficiently painted ballet and Spanish dancers within theatre settings. Establishing himself in Boston, Kronberg was appointed instructor in the portrait class of Boston"s Copley Society of Artist
Kronberg was vastly supported by Boston"s great art matron Isabella Stewart Gardner, and hence his work is represented in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, as well as in the museums of Boston and Indianapolis.
After Bernard Berenson, Kronberg frequently went to Paris to buy art for the Gardner Museum. He lived in Boston until 1919, when he moved to New New York
From 1921-1922 he painted in Algiers and Spain. Later, he lived in Palm Beach, and throughout his career he traveled back and forth to Paris.
He was known for his philanthropic efforts and financed painter Arthur Clifton Goodwin"s career for over fifteen years.
Although Kronberg is considered a "Tarbellite" because he trained with Tarbell and Benson, he was highly influenced by the French Impressionists and especially the pastels and oils of ballerinas painted by Degas. His work shows the influence of his French training — his compositions are good and his colors soft and harmonious, yet with decided contrasts. His best work was executed prior to 1915 before he became nearsighted.
Boston Art Club
The Guild of Boston Artists
Salmagundi Club
Lotos Club
Salon des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Copley Society of Art
American Water Color Club
New York Water Color Club
Rockport Art Association
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Butler Art Institute
San Diego Museum of Art
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Joslyn Art Museum
New York Historical Society
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Art Institute of Chicago
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Luxembourg Museum (Paris, France)
Société Nationale (Paris, France)
Musee Doctorate"Orsay (Paris, France)
Louisiana Petite Danseuse at the Zuckerman Museum of Art located at KSU, Marietta Campus.
Boston Art Club
The Guild of Boston Artists
Salmagundi Club
Lotos Club
Salon des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Copley Society of Art
American Water Color Club
New York Water Color Club
Rockport Art Association.