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Coffin, William Anderson, 



Born, Allegheny, Pa., January 31, 1855. Graduate of Yale College, 

 1874. Pupil of Bonnit in Paris. Second Hallgarten prize, Nat. Acad. 

 Design, 1886; Webb prize, Soc. Amer. Artists, 1891; bronze medal, Paris 

 Exp. 1889; gold medal. Art Club, Phila., 1898; Director of Fine Arts and 

 member of the Superior Jury, Pan-American Exp., Buffalo, 1901; silver 

 medal, Charleston Exp., 1902; silver medal, St. Louis Exp., 1904. A. N. A. 

 1899; member N. Y. Arch. League. Specialty, landscapes. Writer on 

 art. New York and Jennerstown, Pa. 



SEPTEMBER. 

 Signed. On canvas, 30 H., 40 W. 



Com AN, Mrs. Charlotte B. 



Born, Waterville, N. Y., 1834. Pupil of James R. Brevoort in New 

 York; Harry Thompson and Emile Vernier in Paris. Bronze medal, 

 California Mid-Winter Exp., San Francisco, 1894; prize, N. Y. Woman's 

 Art Club; Shaw Memorial prize, Soc. Amer. Artists, 1905; second prize, 

 Soc. Washington Artists, 1906; Burgess prize, N. Y. Woman's A. C. 1907. 

 Member N. Y. Water Color Club; Woman's Art Club; Art Workers' Club. 

 Specialty, landscapes. Studio, New York. 



EARLY SUMMER. 

 Signed. On canvas, 29>^ H., 36 W. 



Curran, Charles Courtney. 



Born, Hartford, Ky., February 13, 1861. Pupil of the School of Design 

 in Cincinnati; Art Students' League and National Academy of Design in 

 New York; Benjamin-Constant and Doucet in Paris. Third Hallgarten 

 prize, N. A. D. 1888; honorable mention, Paris Salon, 1890; Clarke prize, 

 N. A. D. 1893; medal, Columbian Exp., Chicago, 1893; second Hallgarten 

 prize, N. A. D. 1895; silver medal, Atlanta Exp. 1895; honorable men- 

 tion, Paris Exp. 1900; silver medal, Pan-American Exp., Buffalo, 1901; 

 Carnegie prize, Soc. Amer. Artists, 1904; silver medal, St. Louis Exp. 1904; 

 first Corcoran prize, Soc. Washington Artists, 1905; first prize ($500), 

 Osborne competition, 1905. N. A. 1904; member Amer. Water Color Soc. 

 Specialty, figures and portraits in oil. Studio, New York. 



THE PERFUME OF ROSES. 

 Signed and dated, 1902. On canvas, 29 H., 23 W. 



Davis, Charles Harold. 



Born, Amesbury, Mass., 1856. Pupil of Otto Grundmann and the 

 Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and of Boulanger and Lefebvre in Paris, 

 where he remained ten years. Gold medal, American Art Assoc, New 

 York, 1886; honorable mention, Paris Salon, 1887; $2,000 prize, American 



