Many American artists traveled to Paris, France, to further their careers. Several of the American portraitists, realists, impressionists, and abstract artists that studied, lived, and worked in Paris, France during the late 19th and early 20th centuries wrote letters home to family and friends describing their lives there. One of these artists was Olin Levi Warner, and here you will find letters dating from his time in Paris in the 1860s and 1870s.
Many American artists traveled to Paris, France, to further their careers. Several of the American portraitists, realists, impressionists, and abstract artists that studied, lived, and worked in Paris, France during the late 19th and early 20th centuries wrote letters home to family and friends describing their lives there. One of these artists was Olin Levi Warner, and here you will find letters dating from his time in Paris in the 1860s and 1870s.
Olin Levi Warner (1844-1896) worked as an artisan and a telegraph operator before pursuing his art education and career. In 1869, Warner traveled to Paris to study under Francois Jouffroy at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He was in Paris when the Republic was declared and served in the French Foreign Legion before resuming his studies. In 1872 he returned to the United States and set up a studio in New York.
Explore the fully digitized Olin Levi Warner papers on the Archives of American Art website!