biographie de Howard HELMICK (1845-1907)

Birth place: Zanesville, OH

Death place: Wash., DC

Addresses: Phila., PA, 1862-64; Paris, France; London, England, 1872-1887; Wash., DC, until 1907

Profession: Painter, etcher, illustrator, teacher

Studied: PAFA with Peter Rothermel; Cabanel; …cole des Beaux-Arts, Paris; Paris Salon

Exhibited: NAD, 1873, 1897; PAFA, 1893-94, 1903; Paris Salon; Royal Soc. Painters & Etchers; AIC; Brooklyn AA; Paris Expo, 1900

Member: Royal Soc. Brit. Art; Royal Soc. Painters & Etchers; Soc. Wash. Artists; Wash. WCC; Wash. Soc. FA

Work: CGA; NMAA; museums in England and Scotland

Comments: Teaching: ASL of Wash., DC; Georgetown Univ.; in his Georgetown studio. Contributor: illustrations, Century, Harper's magazines. He also did a series of etchings on the life of Thomas Carlyle.

Sources: WW06; McMahan, Artists of Washington, D.C.; Falk, Exh. Record Series.