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2 unusual facts about Art Academy of Cincinnati


Art Academy of Cincinnati

Louis Rebisso (1837–1899) sculptor and teacher.whose students at CAA include William Jacob Baer, Solon Borglum, Janet Scudder, Mary Chase Perry and Eli Harvey.

Joseph Henry Sharp, (1873-1892), was one of the six founding members of the "Taos Society of Artists".


Fernand Lungren

There, he was encouraged to explore Western subjects by fellow artists Frank Duveneck, Joseph Henry Sharp, and Henry Farny, who were teaching at the Art Academy of Cincinnati.

John Ellsworth Weis

At 14 years of age, he enrolled in night classes at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, the faculty of which included Frank Duveneck (1848–1919), James Roy Hopkins (1877–1969), Lewis Henry Meakin (1850–1917), and Herman Henry Wessel (1878–1969).

William Jacob Baer

During the same period he attended an evening modeling class at the McMicken School of Design, taught by Louis Rebisso.


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