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Frank Knox Morton Rehn (April 12, 1848 – July 7, 1914) was an American marine painter and president of the
''Exhibition of Landscapes''
an exhibition catalog available from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rehn, Frank Knox Morton 1848 births 1914 deaths Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists American male painters 20th-century American painters Members of the Salmagundi Club American marine artists Artists from Philadelphia 20th-century American male artists
Frank Knox Morton Rehn (April 12, 1848 – July 7, 1914) was an American marine painter and president of the Salmagundi Club
The Salmagundi Club, sometimes referred to as the Salmagundi Art Club, is a fine arts center founded in 1871 in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan, New York City. Since 1917, it has been located at 47 Fifth Avenue. , its membership roster ...
. Born in Philadelphia
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, he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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. For several years, he then painted portraits in Philadelphia. Using money earned in Philadelphia, he moved to the coast of New Jersey
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, where he began doing marine paintings. In 1881, he married Margaret Selby. They moved to the Hotel Chelsea in New York City
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where, with other artists, he kept a studio on the top floor.
In 1882, he was awarded the first prize for marine painting at the St. Louis Exposition. In 1885, he received the first prize at the water color exhibition of the American Art Association, and in 1886 he won a gold medal at the Prize Fund Exhibition.
Rehn died on July 7, 1914 in Magnolia, Massachusetts
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, where he had built a summer home in 1896.
Works
* "Looking down on the Sea from the Rocks at Magnolia, Mass." (1884–85) * "A Missing Vessel" (Detroit Institute of Arts
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; 1885)
* "Close of a Summer Day" ( Buffalo Fine Arts Academy; 1887)
* "Evening, Gloucester Harbor" (1887)
* "In the Glittering Moonlight" (Corcoran Gallery
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Overview
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References
External links
''Exhibition of Landscapes''
an exhibition catalog available from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rehn, Frank Knox Morton 1848 births 1914 deaths Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists American male painters 20th-century American painters Members of the Salmagundi Club American marine artists Artists from Philadelphia 20th-century American male artists