Lovell Birge Harrison
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(Lovell) Birge Harrison (October 28, 1854 – 1929) was an American genre and landscape painter.
Born in Philadelphia, he was the brother of T. Alexander Harrison, and studied with Carolus-Duran and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Cabanel. In 1881 he exhibited at the Salon and in 1882 he returned to America and subsequently spent considerable tine (1889-93) painting and sketching in Australia, the South Seas, and New Mexico. He received numerous prizes ans medals, including the gold medal at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1910. He became a member of the National Academy of Design (1910), National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York Water Color Club, Society of American Artists, and director of the landscape school of the Art Students League.
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