Biografie von Robert Atkinson FOX (1860-1935)

Birth place: Toronto, Canada

Addresses: Phila., 1900; NJ, 1903; Chicago

Profession: Painter, illustrator

Studied: Ontario SA, Toronto, with J.W. Bridgman (4 years).

Exhibited: Phila. AC, 1898

Member: Phila. AC.

Comments: From 1900 until his death in 1935, millions of this commercial artist"s color photolithographic reproduction prints were consumed by the American middle class. He painted more than 1,000 works, and his styles and subjects varied widely, featuring cows, horses, dogs, Native Americans, bucolic landscapes ó even Maxfield Parrish look-alikes. In addition to his own name, he signed with at least 26 known pseudonyms, and perhaps 18 more. Among these were L.H. Banks, John Colvin; Dupre, Arthur De Forest, Charles N. Wainright, L. Capelli, G. Blanchard Carr, George W. Turner, Edward Musson, George W. White, and Elmer Lewis.

Sources: WW01; P&H Samuels, 175; Ivankovitch, 80