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Edward Harrison May

Edward Harrison May (1824 - 1887) was active/lived in New York / England.  Edward May is known for Historic-literary scenes and portrait painting.

Edward Harrison May Jr. (born Croydon, England, 1824; died Paris, France, May 17, 1887, was an English-American painter who spent much of his career in Paris.

The son of Edward Harrison May Sr., a Dutch Reformed clergyman, May was brought to America in 1834 when his father accepted a post in New York. After early training in civil engineering, May turned to art, studying for a time with Daniel Huntington. May first exhibited at the National Academy in 1844. With Joseph Kyle and others he produced a panorama representing Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress which was first exhibited in 1848, to great financial success. In 1851 May was able to move permanently to Paris.

In Paris he soon entered the atelier of Thomas Couture for further study. May produced historical and genre paintings as well as profitable portraits of the well-to-do. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1855 to 1885; he won an award in 1855, one of the first Americans to do so. In 1878 he was elected to the Nati   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3219 characters.]  Artist bio

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