Alfred Bryan WALL
1861–1935, USA
Biography
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As a second generation "Scalp Level School" artist, Mr. Wall frequented that artist's retreat outside of Pittsburgh with his father and uncle, Pittsburgh artists Alfred S. Wall and William Coventry Wall. This experience and the tutoring by his father was his only art training. His work includes portraits of Andrew Carnegie and Mrs. Henry Clay Frick along with his pastoral landscapes which featured sheep and occasionally cows. His brushwork was often loose but confident and exhibited a freedom of spirit. His work is often described as being casual and calm but without sentimentality. His first exhibition was in 1879 at the National Academy of Design and he was a trustee of the Carnegie Institute where he served on the Fine Arts Committee to help select the permanent collect.
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