Nelson Norris Bickford (1846-1943)
Canadian-American animal painter & sculptor ;
Nelson Bickford ; N.N. Bickford ; N. Bickford ; N. N. Bickford ; Nelson N. Bickford ;
[Born 1846 in Québec, Canada – died December 5, 1943 in New York, NY]
FAD record control number: 36414 ;
Record level: Person ;
Record type: Artist ;
Nelson Norris Bickford (1846-1943) biography:
Birth: 1846 in Québec, Canada ;
Death: December 5, 1943 in New York, NY ;
Sex: Male ;
Ethnicity: White ;
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Known for: animal sculptures ; animal paintings ; portrait paintings ;
Medium: oil ; stone ;
Technique: painting ; sculpting ;
Subjects: animals ; people ;
Areas: Québec, Canada ; Boston, MA ; New York, NY ; Paris, France ;
Region: Canada ; North East ; Europe ;
Lived: 55 West 85th Street, New York, NY (?-1943) ; 1298 Broadway, New York, NY (1878-1882) ; 1267 Broadway, New York, NY (1883-1897);
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Spouse: Caroline Alice (Dunbar) Bickford, wife ;
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Training: Lowell Institute, Boston, MA, as a boy ; Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France under Henri Rudolph Lehmann (1814-1882) ; Academie Julian, Paris, France (1905-1931) under Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911) & William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) ;
Instructors: Henri Rudolph Lehmann (1814-1882) ; Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger (1824-1888) ; Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911) ; William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) ; Francisco Miralles Y Galup (1848-1901) ;
Work: Worked for artist, Louis A. Shirmer (19th-20th century), Boston, MA ; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, guard, 1906-1931 ;
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Exhibited with: National Academy of Design, New York, NY ; Salmagundi Club, New York, NY ;
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Milestones: Sculpture The thinker of a monkey in the famous classical position, 1916 ; Due to ill health in 1906, Bickford gets job at the Met as a guard to pay bills ; Born on a Canadian farm ;
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Digital-born document number:
FAD.2018.36414
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Record birth date:
July 24, 2018
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