1. Edwin Howland Blashfield was an American painter and muralist, most known for painting the murals on the dome of the Library of Congress Main Reading Room in Washington, DC.
10 Facts About Edwin Blashfield
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Edwin Blashfield studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts after initial coursework in engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Edwin Blashfield moved to Europe in 1867 to study with Leon Joseph Florentin Bonnat in Paris and remained abroad until 1881, traveling, painting, and exhibiting his work in salon shows.
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Edwin Blashfield was a member of numerous arts organizations, including the National Academy of Design, the National Society of Mural Painters in which he served as President from 1909 to 1914.
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Edwin Blashfield served from 1920 to 1926 as President of the National Academy of Design.
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Edwin Blashfield served on the US Commission of Fine Arts from 1912 to 1916.
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Edwin Blashfield's style was influenced by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Jean-Paul Laurens, and Paul Baudry.
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Wilbour died in 1918 and Edwin Blashfield married Grace Hall in 1928.
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Edwin Blashfield became president of the Society of Mural Painters, and of the Society of American Artists.
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Edwin Blashfield died in 1936 at his summer home on Cape Cod and is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City.