Background
Fosdick, James William was born on February 13, 1858 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Elizabeth T. (Peirce) Fosdick.
Fosdick, James William was born on February 13, 1858 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Elizabeth T. (Peirce) Fosdick.
Educated Boston public schools. Studied school of Boston Museum Fine Arts. Studied drawing and painting, Paris, 1881-1888, under Boulanger, Lefebvre, Colin and others
Judge Joseph Christian, of Richmond, Virginia, October 22, 1890. Mural painter; founder of art of fire etching in America. Decorations in homes of the Goulds, Havemeyers, Lewisohns, et cetera
Also in Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Saint Louis Museum, et cetera
His principal works are The Veneration of Saint Jeanne d’Arc, National Gallery of Fine Arts, Washington, Evans Collection. The 14 Stations of the Cross, Church Immaculate Conception, Waterbury, Connecticut.
Reredos, Church of Saint Joan of Arc, Jackson Heights, Long Island Grand gold medal for mural decoration, “The Field of the Cloth of Gold,” Atlanta Expedition Secretary National Society Mural Painters. President American Alumni of Julian Academy (Paris).
Vice president National Society of Craftsmen.
Author: The Honor of the Braxtons, 1902.
Married Gertrude, daughter