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Robert Loftin Newman (November 10, 1827 – March 31, 1912) was an American painter and
Robert Loftin Newman exhibition catalogs
1827 births 1912 deaths People from Richmond, Virginia Confederate States Army officers 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists American male painters 20th-century American painters Deaths from asphyxiation 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-1820s-stub
Robert Loftin Newman (November 10, 1827 – March 31, 1912) was an American painter and stained-glass
Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...
designer. He specialized in oil on canvas as his medium. He is sometimes associated with Albert Pinkham Ryder
Albert Pinkham Ryder (March 19, 1847 – March 28, 1917) was an American painter best known for his poetic and moody allegorical works and seascapes, as well as his eccentric personality. While his art shared an emphasis on subtle variations of ...
as a painter of mood. His works include ''Good Samaritan'', painted in 1886, ''Flight into Egypt'', ''Harvest Time'', ''Sailboat Manned by Two Men'', and ''The Bather''.
Biography
He was born inRichmond, Virginia
(Thus do we reach the stars)
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and moved to Clarksville, Tennessee
Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States. It is the fifth-largest city in the state behind Nashville, Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. The city had a population of 166,722 as of the 202 ...
when he was 11 years of age. Later, as a young adult, he studied art in New York, England, and France. Newman served briefly as an artillery lieutenant for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He died of asphyxiation from a gas leak from a stove on March 31, 1912.
References
External links
Robert Loftin Newman exhibition catalogs
1827 births 1912 deaths People from Richmond, Virginia Confederate States Army officers 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists American male painters 20th-century American painters Deaths from asphyxiation 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-1820s-stub