Background
Harrison, Lovell Birge was born on October 28, 1854 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Apollos W. and Margaret (Belden) Harrison.
Harrison, Lovell Birge was born on October 28, 1854 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Apollos W. and Margaret (Belden) Harrison.
Pupil Cabanel in Paris.
Painted in Australia, South Seas, and Western United States, 1889-1893. Silver medal, Paris Salon, 1887. 2d medal, Paris Exposition, 1889.
Unique medal, Chicago Exposition, 1893.
Medal Buffalo Exposition, 1901. 2d prize, Washington, 1903.
Silver medal, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904. Gold medal, Philadelphia, 1907.
Represented by oil paintings in public museums of Luxembourg, Paris, France, Marseilles, France, Philadelphia, Chicago, Saint Louis, Indianapolis, Saint Paul, Detroit, Nashville, Lincoln, Nebraska, Oakland, California, Toledo, Washington, Memphis, Omaha, Atlanta, Madison, Wisconsin Hors Concours in Paris Salon.
Painter of America landscape. Known most widely as a painter of snow and city streets. Director landscape school of Art Students’ League, New York, North.A., 1910.
Member National Institute Arts and Letters: fellow Pennsylvania Academy Design.
Author: Landscape Painting, 1909. Home: Woodstock, New New York
Member National Institute Arts and Letters: fellow Pennsylvania Academy Design.
Married Eleanor Ritchie, 1882 (died 1895). Married second, Jenny Seaton Harrison, November 28, 1896.