| | [[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. 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] | + | 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 a 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] |