11 Facts About Harry Fenn

Harry Fenn was an English-born American illustrator, landscape painter, etcher, and wood engraver.

Harry Fenn is noted for his illustrations of Egypt, Israel and the Sinai.

Harry Fenn started as a wood engraver, serving and apprenticeship with the firm Dalziel of London, and soon turned to drawing for illustration and watercolor painting.

Harry Fenn was commissioned to illustrate landscape throughout the world and the US as well as to produce depictions of architecture and plant life.

Harry Fenn was the sole illustrator of an edition of Tennyson's "In Memoriam", published by Fords, Howard and Hulbert in 1897, in a very different style from his earlier designs for poetry.

Harry Fenn was among the founding members of the American Watercolor Society, attending the second meeting in 1867, and he regularly participated in their exhibitions.

Harry Fenn was a member of the New York Watercolor Club, the Society of Illustrators, and the Salmagundi Club.

Harry Fenn exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1864 and at the Brooklyn Art Association between 1864 and 1885.

Harry Fenn exhibited at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876 and at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, where he was awarded a medal.

Harry Fenn died on April 22,1911, at his home in Montclair, where he had lived since 1881.

Harry Fenn's works reached a wide audience and popularized publications with illustrations, expanding the field for other artists.