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John Inman

John O'Brien Inman (1828 - 1896) was active/lived in New York / Italy, Europe.  John Inman is known for Portrait, figure, still life and genre painting.

Born in New York City, John Inman became an accomplished and famous artist in his time, earning his reputation for skilled portraits, still lifes, and landscapes.  But his fame did not last much beyond his death, and only a few historians know much about him.

He was the son of artist Henry Inman (1801-1846), and was one of the founders and first vice-president of the National Academy of Design in New York City.  He received his art training from his father, who died when the family was young and left them destitute.

His earliest work, which was of a conch shell, is dated 1846, shortly after his father's death.  In 1852, he married and then later divorced C. Adeline Hedley.  He began his career painting portraits and miniatures in his New York City studio and spent a summer in Savannah, Georgia, where he did a portrait of the President of the University.

Like many portrait painters of the time, he traveled widely for commissions, and in 1860 we   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3167 characters.]  Artist bio

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