John White Alexander

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American artist human muralist painter portrait painter

John White Alexander was an American portrait and mural painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his elegant, flowing style and contributions to major public and institutional buildings.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American artist → human → muralist → painter → portrait painter →
awardReceived	Legion of Honour NERFINISHED →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1856-10-07 →
dateOfDeath	1915-05-31 →
educatedAt	Académie Julian → Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris →
employer	Harper & Brothers →
familyName	Alexander NERFINISHED →
fieldOfWork	mural painting → painting → portrait painting →
genre	allegorical painting → portrait →
givenName	John →
influencedBy	French Impressionism → James Abbott McNeill Whistler →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Letters → National Academy of Design → Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts →
movement	American Impressionism → Tonalism →
name	John White Alexander →
nationality	American →
notableFor	elegant, flowing style in portraiture → mural decorations in major public buildings →
notableWork	Isabella and the Pot of Basil → Mural cycle for the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh → Mural decorations for the Library of Congress → Portrait of Mrs. John W. Alexander → Portrait of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. → Portrait of Walt Whitman → Repose → The Green Girl →
occupation	illustrator → mural painter → painter →
placeOfBirth	Allegheny City, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED → Allegheny, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED → Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania metropolitan area NERFINISHED →
placeOfDeath	New York NERFINISHED → New York City →
positionHeld	President of the National Academy of Design →
residence	New York City → Paris → Pittsburgh →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Elizabeth Alexander →
workLocation	New York City → Paris →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Thomas Jefferson Building →	hasArtworkBy
John White Alexander →	name