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ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 565 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALEXANDER, See also:JOHN See also:WHITE (1856- ) , See also:American painter, was See also:born in See also:Allegheny, See also:Pennsylvania, on the 7th of See also:October x856. He was See also:left an See also:orphan when very See also:young, became an illustrator for Harper's See also:Magazine, studied in See also:Europe, became a See also:pupil of the Royal See also:Academy at See also:Munich, and also worked in See also:Venice, in See also:Holland and in See also:Paris, where he attracted much See also:attention by his See also:exhibition at the See also:Salon of two See also:female portraits entitled " Gris " and " Noir." He became a member of the Societe Nationale See also:des See also:Beaux Arts (Paris), of the See also:National Academy of See also:Design (New See also:York), of the See also:International Society (See also:London), and of the See also:Vienna and Munich See also:Societies of Painters. In 1901 he was made a See also:Chevalier of the See also:Legion of See also:Honour. He executed decorative panels for the Congressional Library, See also:Washington, D.C., and a large decoration for the See also:Carnegie See also:Institute, See also:Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; and his See also:works include numerous portraits and subject pictures.

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