![]() John White Alexander died on at the age of 58. His first international exhibit in Paris in 1893 was brilliant success. Among his famous clients were Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Burroughs Henry G. In 1881, he returned to New York and gained success as a portrait painter. John continues his studies in Florence, the Netherlands, and Paris ![]() Together they travelled to Venice, where they worked with Whistler. After three years with Harper, he travelled to Munich to begin his formal training.īut he soon ran out of money and went to the village of Poling in Bavaria and worked with Frank Duveneck. He moved to New York City at the age of eighteen to work at Harper's Weekly as an illustrator and a political cartoonist. ![]() ![]() John spent time at the Allen home at Edgehill, where he painted various members of the Allen family. John's first job was that of telegraph boy for the Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph Company in the city of Pittsburgh, PA, at the age of twelve. He was orphaned in his infancy and was raised by his grandparents. John White Alexander was born on Octoin Allegheny. ![]()
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