藝術家Paul ASHBROOK (1867-1949) 生平簡歷

出生地： NYC

死亡地点： San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

地址： Cincinnati, OH (1900-on)

职业： Painter, illustrator, etcher, lithographer, teacher

教育： ASL, with Wm. M. Chase, 1885; Cincinati Art Acad., with Frank Duveneck, 1900.

展出： SAE (at NAC) 1933; Phila. Art Alliance, 1933; Taft Mus., Cincinnati, 1987 (retrospective)

会员： Cincinnati AC, 1900 (pres., 1914); MacDowell Soc. (founding member, 1913); Duveneck Soc., 1920

评论： He began his career in 1885 doing illustrations for Charles Klackner in NYC, and had a studio at the 10th Street Studio Bldg. From 1900-18, he headed the design dept . at Henderson Litho Co. in Cincinnati. He taught illustration at the Cincinati Art Acad., 1914-19. In 1917, he legally changed his name to its English translation, Ashbrook. In 1919, he was a pall-bearer at Frank Duveneck"s funeral. From 1920-29, he worked for the Strobridge Litho Co, designing many of he Barnum & Bailey Circus posters. From 1926-on, he made regular painting and etching trips to Europe and Mexico. He died of pneumonia while on a trip to Mexico.

来源： WW47; WW19 is the last time he is listed as "Eschenbach;" exh. cat., Taft Mus., Cincinnati (1987), courtesy Alfred Perry