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Academy Of Fine Art: ROBERTS, Howard, American sculptor: b. Philadelphia, April 9, 1843; d. Paris, April 19, 1WO. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and in 1866 went to Paris where he studied under Dumont and Gumery at the ficole des Beaux-Arts. Returning to Philadelphia in 1871 he established his studio there. During a second sojourn in Paris (1873-1876) he produced La Premiere Pose which earned him "iie of the three medals awarded to American sculptors at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Other works of note are his statue "I Robert Fulton for the Rotunda of the National Capitol, Hypatia and Eleanor in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and Hester Prynne.After hearing a report by Arago, the Chamber of Deputies passed the bill on July 9 by a vote of 237 to 3. Daguerre demonstrated his process to the Chamber of Peers on August 2; their vote (92 to 4) was also affirmative. The bill became law when it was signed by King Louis Philippe on August IP Arago was directed to make public technical details at a joint meeting of the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Fine Arts in the Palace of the Institute.
ROBINSON, William S., American landscape painter: b. East Gloucester, Mass., Sept. 15, 1861 ; d. Jan. 11, 1945. After studying in Boston, France, and Holland, he was instructor in artat Maryland Institute, Baltimore, in 1885-1889. Thereafter he taught until 1904 at Drexel Institute, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and at Columbia University. In 1920, he began teaching at the National Academy of Design. He took honors at the Paris, St. Louis, and Panama expositions. In 1914-1920 he was president of the American Water Color Society. Among his works are The Golden Bough; White Birches; Whiteface Chasm; Monhegan. |
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