1. Pinckney Marcius-Simons was a New York-born artist who spent his youth in Spain, Italy, and France.
10 Facts About Pinckney Marcius-Simons
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Pinckney Marcius-Simons studied painting under Jehan Georges Vibert, eventually joining the painter's household.
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Pinckney Marcius-Simons is twenty-five years old, though looking scarcely more than eighteen, and has visited his native land but once since his departure from it.
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Pinckney Marcius-Simons made his public debut in 1891, exhibiting genre paintings at both the Paris Salon and the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
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At the Paris Salon of 1892, Pinckney Marcius-Simons exhibited Mon royaume n'est pas de ce monde.
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Pinckney Marcius-Simons has sold everything in his Paris studio almost as fast as it was painted.
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At some point in the 1890s, Pinckney Marcius-Simons became "a fervent Bayreuthian," frequently attending the annual Bayreuth Festival of Richard Wagner's operas.
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At some point Roosevelt acquired another Pinckney Marcius-Simons painting, The Porcelain Towers.
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On January 15,1909, Pinckney Marcius-Simons was named a Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur.
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Our first impression of Pinckney Marcius-Simons' work is a curious one; we are involuntarily reminded of Turner.