130 THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 



TWACHTMAN, JOHN HENRY. 



Born, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 4, 1853; died, Gloucester, Mass., August 

 8, 1902. Pupil of the School of Design of Cincinnati under Frank Duve- 

 neck, and later studied in Munich and Paris. He was awarded the Webb 

 prize of the Soc. Amer. Artists, 1888; a medal at the Columbian Exp., 

 Chicago, 1893; the Temple gold medal of the Penn. Acad. Fine Arts, 1895, 

 and a silver medal at the Pan-American Exp., Buffalo, 1901. Specialty, 

 landscapes. 



THE TORRENT. 

 Signed. On canvas, 25 H., 30 W. 



THE END OF WINTER. 

 Signed. On canvas, 22 H., 30 W. 



ROUND HILL ROAD. 

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



Van Laer, Alexander T. 



Bom, Auburn, N. Y., February 9, 1857. Pupil of the National Academy 

 of Design and R. Swain Gifford in New York, and of Geo. Poggenbeek in 

 Holland. Bronze medal, Charleston Exp. 1902; member, International 

 Jury of Awards, St. Louis Exp. 1904. A. N. A. 1901; member Amer. 

 Water Color Soc. Specialty, landscapes. Also teacher, writer and lec- 

 turer. Studio, New York. 



EARLY SPRING. 

 Signed. On canvas, 22 H., 36 W. 



VoLK, Douglas. 



Bom, Pittsfield, Mass., February 23, 1856. Pupil of Gdr6me in Paris. 

 Medal, Columbian Exp., Chicago, 1893; Shaw Fund Purchase, Soc. Amer. 

 Artists, 1899; first prize. Colonial Exhibition, Boston, 1899; silver medal, 

 Pan-American Exp., Buffalo, 1901; silver medal, Charleston Exp. 1902; 

 Carnegie prize, S. A. A. 1903 for The Boy with the Arrow, now in the 

 National Gallery; silver medal, St. Louis Exp. 1904. N. A. 1899. In- 

 structor at Cooper Union, New York. Organized the handicraft movement 

 at Centre Lovell, Me. 



THE BOY WITH THE ARROW. 

 Signed and dated, 1902-3. On canvas, 46 H., 36 W. 



Walker, Henry Oliver. 



Bora, Boston, Mass., May 14, 1843. Pupil of Bonnit in Paris. Shaw 

 Fund Purchase, Soc. Amer. Artists, 1894; Clarke prize, Nat. Acad. Design, 



