American, 1849 - 1941
With his Hartford friends, the Flagg brothers and Robert Brandegee, Faxon went to Paris in 1872 and initiated his studies with Louis Jacquesson de la Chevreuse. In 1876 he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and apparently was still in Paris during Flagg's second stay there.
Faxon was a painter of figures and landscape. He exhibited in Academy annuals six times between 1883 and 1891. In 1892 he became a member of the Society of American Artist. He was not a member of the Academy at the time the two organizations joined in 1906 and, therefore, became an Associate automatically, without the requirement of presenting a qualifying portrait.
In addition to this portrait by a good friend from his student days, the Academy possesses a portrait of him by one of Faxon's close associates of his mature years, Howard Russell Butler. Butler was founder and first president of the American Fine Arts Society, the organization formed to erect the Fine Arts Building at 215 West Fifty-seventh Street, which housed the Society of American Artists, the Art Students League, the Architectural League, and from 1900 to 1941, the Academy's exhibitions. Faxon was treasurer of the organization from its founding, and when Butler gave up the presidency in 1906, added the duties of post, positions he retained to 1921. He was also treasurer of the Artists Aid Society from 1895 to 1920.
Faxon was a painter of figures and landscape. He exhibited in Academy annuals six times between 1883 and 1891. In 1892 he became a member of the Society of American Artist. He was not a member of the Academy at the time the two organizations joined in 1906 and, therefore, became an Associate automatically, without the requirement of presenting a qualifying portrait.
In addition to this portrait by a good friend from his student days, the Academy possesses a portrait of him by one of Faxon's close associates of his mature years, Howard Russell Butler. Butler was founder and first president of the American Fine Arts Society, the organization formed to erect the Fine Arts Building at 215 West Fifty-seventh Street, which housed the Society of American Artists, the Art Students League, the Architectural League, and from 1900 to 1941, the Academy's exhibitions. Faxon was treasurer of the organization from its founding, and when Butler gave up the presidency in 1906, added the duties of post, positions he retained to 1921. He was also treasurer of the Artists Aid Society from 1895 to 1920.
