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for Frank Alfred Bicknell
American, 1866 - 1943
Bicknell was born in Augusta, Maine, and later moved to Malden, Massachusetts. His first artistic training was under Albion H. Bicknell, presumably a relative. Bicknell moved to New York in 1888. By 1893 he was in Paris, where he attended the Academie Julian, under Adolphe William Bouguereau, Tony Robert-Fleury, while he also studied with Gabriel Ferrier and Bramtot. Bicknell may have returned to New York as early as 1894.
Although Bicknell remains an elusive figure, it appears he was a man of independent means. In the latter part of the 1890s, he lived in "The Tower," an elegant New York residence designed by Stanford White as part of the Madison Square complex.
Bicknell probably traveled to Japan during the late 1890s, for he exhibited Japanese scenes at the Academy during that period.
Bicknell was known primarily for his Barbizon-influenced landscape. After the turn of the century, he is mentioned as living at various times in Boston and North Hackensack, New Jersey. Although Bicknell traveled the eastern Atlantic coast, visiting Maine and Cape Cod, he was most often in Old Lyme, Connecticut, during the summers after about 1902. He must have been quite friendly with the painter, Lewis Cohen, who bequeathed his home to Bicknell in 1916. In about 1919, Bicknell began six years as an Associate Professor at the College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute of Technology. The artist noted that "ill health forced him to move to Old Lyme" permanently, although the nature of his illness is not known. He eventually entered a nursing home in Essex, Connecticut, where he subsequently died.
Although Bicknell remains an elusive figure, it appears he was a man of independent means. In the latter part of the 1890s, he lived in "The Tower," an elegant New York residence designed by Stanford White as part of the Madison Square complex.
Bicknell probably traveled to Japan during the late 1890s, for he exhibited Japanese scenes at the Academy during that period.
Bicknell was known primarily for his Barbizon-influenced landscape. After the turn of the century, he is mentioned as living at various times in Boston and North Hackensack, New Jersey. Although Bicknell traveled the eastern Atlantic coast, visiting Maine and Cape Cod, he was most often in Old Lyme, Connecticut, during the summers after about 1902. He must have been quite friendly with the painter, Lewis Cohen, who bequeathed his home to Bicknell in 1916. In about 1919, Bicknell began six years as an Associate Professor at the College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute of Technology. The artist noted that "ill health forced him to move to Old Lyme" permanently, although the nature of his illness is not known. He eventually entered a nursing home in Essex, Connecticut, where he subsequently died.
