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Robert Crannell Minor
(New York City, NY, 1839 - 1904, Waterford, CT)
Robert Crannell Minor was an American Artist born in New York City on April 30, 1839. His father was a merchant who made a large fortune in the pharmaceutical business. As a young man, Minor worked as a bookkeeper in New York City but decided to study art in his early thirties. After his studies, he went abroad in 1871. He visited many galleries in England before traveling to Barbizon, France and later, Antwerp.
On his return to the United States he opened a studio in New York. He painted for many years out of his studio in the Old University Building of New York University. He soon became known for his landscapes resembling the Barbizon School. He began to paint in the tonalist style. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Design. He died at his home in Waterford, Connecticut on August 3, 1904. His paintings are owned by large and well-known institutions nationwide.