biographie de Albert Henry ATKINS (1875-1951)

Birth place: Milwaukee, WI

Addresses: Gloucester, MA

Profession: Sculptor, painter, teacher

Studied: Cowles Art Sch.; Académie Julian, Paris, with J.P. Laurens, 1891; also at Académie Colarossi, Paris.

Exhibited: AIC; Milwaukee AI, 1917 (med.); North Shore AA, 1925 (prize); Garden Club Am., Art Alliance, 1931 (gold); Tercentenary Exhib., Boston, 1931 (gold); NAD; PAFA; CI; Providence Mus. FA; TMA; Albright Art Gal.; Rockport AA; Providence AC; North Shore AA.

Member: North Shore AA (founding member, 1922-51); Rockport AA; Providence AC; Arch. Lg.; NSS, 1911; SC; AFA; BMFA.

Work: RISD; arch. sculptures, churches in Wash., D.C., Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Cathedral St. John the Divine, St. Patrick's Cathedral, both in NYC; mem., Boston, Milwaukee, Providence; TMA.

Comments: Position: instructor, RISD, 1909-26.

Sources: WW47; addl info. courtesy North Shore AA.