Education
Davidson College; Art Students League of New New York
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McKendree Long
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Educated at Horner Military Academy in Oxford and at Davidson College, he went on to attend classes at the Art Students League in New New York Upon winning a scholarship for study in Europe, he travelled there, learning an academic style of portrait painting. He returned to the United States, working as a professional portraitist in New York and North Carolina.
Grandson Ben Long (since 1945) is also an alumnus of the Art Students League in New New York
Ben Long has gained substantial international notoriety, particularly for his drawings and fresco work. Long embellished a portion of his handwritten work with imaginative illustrations and/or illumination, making this collection, and Long, particularly unique.
