In old New York.( 1900 ) By: Thomas Allibone Janvier (ILLUSTRATED)
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ISBN10: 1545324174
ISBN13: 9781545324172
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Apr 12 2017
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.29 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781545324172
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Apr 12 2017
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.29 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Thomas Allibone Janvier (July 16, 1849 - June 18, 1913) was an American story-writer and historian, born in Philadelphia of Provençal descent.Janvier received a public school education, then worked in Philadelphia for newspapers from 1870-81.[1] In 1878 he married Catherine Ann Drinker (May 1, 1841- July 19, 1922), an artist who was the first woman teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and first teacher to Cecilia Beaux. Later in life, she accompanied her husband on his travels while writing books and translating books from the Provencale language. Many of Janvier's published works would be dedicated To C. A. J.Janvier went to New York in 1881. From 1884-94, he lived in the Washington Square district of New York. A few years after arriving, he published the Ivory Black Stories, tales of artist life, which were reprinted in book form in 1885 as Color Studies. In them he pictured the life and color of what was then considered the Latin quarter of the city, with the old-fashioned French restaurants, the artist colony to the north, and the studios in Tenth Street where Abbey, Millet, F. Hopkinson Smith, Laffan and others made the Tile Club famous. He published many stories and articles in Harper's Magazine
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