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Harry Siddons Mowbray (August 5, 1858 – 1928) was an American artist. He executed various painting commissions for J.P. Morgan, F.W. Vanderbilt, and other clients. He served as director of the American Academy in Rome from 1902–1904.[2]

Harry Siddons Mowbray
Born	(1858-08-05)August 5, 1858 Alexandria, Egypt
Died	1928 Washington, Connecticut
Nationality	American
Education	Alfred C. Howland, Léon Bonnat
Movement	Orientalism

Biography

Mowbray was born of English parents at Alexandria, Egypt. His father, John Henry Siddons, represented a British bank in Alexandria; he died of hyperthermia a year after his son was born. Mowbray's mother moved to America with her son. When Mowbray was five, his mother died, burnt alive in a domestic accident caused by lamp fuel. Left an orphan, the boy was adopted by his aunt, his mother's sister, and her husband, George Mowbray. The family settled at North Adams, Massachusetts.[3] After a year at the United States Military Academy at West Point,[4] he went to Paris and entered the atelier of Leon Bonnat in 1879, his first picture, Aladdin, bringing him to public notice. He studied with Bonnat until 1883. In 1886, he became a member of the Society of American Artists.[5] His painting Evening Breeze received the Clark Prize at the National Academy of Design in 1888, and he was elected to associate membership in the Academy. He was made a full member of the Academy in 1891.[5]

Subsequently, Mowbray was best known for his decorative work, especially The Transmission of the Law, Appellate Court House; ceiling for the residence of F. W. Vanderbilt; the ceilings in J.P. Morgan's Library and The Morgan Library & Museum's Annex building;[6] as well as the ceiling and walls of the library of the University Club, all in New York City. This last was executed in Rome, where, in 1903, he was made director of the American Academy.[4] Other works include murals in the Appellate Courthouse and the University Club library in New York; the homes of C.P. Huntington and Larz Anderson; and the Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse in Cleveland, Ohio.[4] He taught at the Art Students League of New York circa 1901.[5] He was a member of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts from 1921 to 1928.[7]

Among Mowbray's pupils were the painters Mortimer Lichtenauer, Florence Wolf Gotthold[8] and Clara Taggart MacChesney.[9]

See also

• Léon Bonnat
• List of Orientalist artists
• Orientalism

Notes

References

• MLM staff (2006), Architectural History: A Public Institution part 1, The Morgan Library & Museum, retrieved 15 April 2013
• Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Mowbray, Harry Siddons" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

Attribution:

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mowbray, Harry Siddons". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 948.

External links

Media related to Henry Siddons Mowbray at Wikimedia Commons

• Mowbray page at artrenewal.org^{[permanent dead link]}
• Discussion of Mowbray's work in the Rotunda of the Morgan Library

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[de] Henry Siddons Mowbray

Henry Siddons Mowbray (* 5. August 1858 in Alexandria, Ägypten; † 13. Januar 1928 in Washington, D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Maler.

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- [en] Harry Siddons Mowbray

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[fr] Henry Siddons Mowbray

Henry Siddons Mowbray ou Harry Siddons Mowbray ou H. Siddons Mowbray, né le 5 août 1858 à Alexandrie en Égypte et décédé le 13 janvier 1928 à Washington dans l'état du Connecticut aux États-Unis, est un peintre orientaliste et un peintre muraliste américain.

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[it] Henry Siddons Mowbray

Henry Siddons Mowbray (Alessandria d'Egitto, 5 agosto 1858 – Washington, 13 gennaio 1928) è stato un pittore statunitense.

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[ru] Моубри, Генри Сиддонс

Генри Сиддонс Моубри (англ. Henry Siddons Mowbray; 1858, Александрия, Египет — 1928, Вашингтон, США) — американский художник.

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