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===Robert Henri ===
===Robert Henri ===
[[File:Robert Henri, Girl Seated by the Sea, 1893.jpg|thumb|250px|Robert Henri, Girl Seated by the Sea, 1893.]]
[[File:Robert Henri, Girl Seated by the Sea, 1893.jpg|thumb|250px|Robert Henri, Girl Seated by the Sea, 1893.]]
Robert Henri (1865-1929) was an American painter and teacher; an organizer of the group known as "The Eight". He began his career painting lucrative society portraits. Henri was prolific artist, best known as a portrait and figure painter.
Robert Henri (1865-1929) was an American painter and teacher; an organizer of the group known as "The Eight". He began his career painting lucrative society portraits. Henri was prolific artist, best known as a portrait and figure painter. He made portraits of children, Irish, Indian, Spanish, Chinese, simple people, workmen and peasants seen as colorful characters or eccentrics. [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1114&context=sheldonpubs]
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File:Henri, Landscape Sketch at Escorial, 1906.jpg|Landscape Sketch at Escorial, 1906.
File:Henri, Landscape Sketch at Escorial, 1906.jpg|Landscape Sketch at Escorial, 1906.
File:Henri, Marine - Break over Sunken Rock, Storm Sea, 1911.jpg|Marine - Break over Sunken Rock, Storm Sea, 1911.
File:Henri, Marine - Break over Sunken Rock, Storm Sea, 1911.jpg|Marine - Break over Sunken Rock, Storm Sea, 1911.
File:Henri, Nora, 1913.jpg|Nora, 1913.
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