Edward Simmons
Painting, Visual Artist
1852 – 1931
Who was Edward Simmons?
Edward Emerson Simmons was an American Impressionist painter, remembered for his mural work. He was born in Concord, Massachusetts, the son of a Unitarian minister.
He graduated from Harvard College in 1874, and was a pupil of Lefebvre and Boulanger in Paris, where he took a gold medal. In 1894, Simmons was awarded the first commission of the Municipal Art Society, a series of murals — Justice, The Fates, and The Rights of Man for the interior of the Criminal Courthouse at 100 Centre Street in Manhattan. This court is the criminal branch of New York Supreme Court, where many New Yorkers serve on jury duty. Later Simmons decorated the Waldorf Astoria New York hotel, the Library of Congress in Washington, and the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul.
In the year 1914 he travelled with Childe Hassam to view the Arizona desert paintings of the rising California artist Xavier Martinez at his Piedmont studio.
Simmons was a member of the Ten American Painters, who, as a group, seceded from the Society of American Artists.
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- Born
- Oct 27, 1852
Concord - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Harvard University
- Harvard College
- Died
- Nov 17, 1931
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on July 23, 2013
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