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TWACHTMAN, John Henry, artist, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 4 August, 1853. His art studies were begun at the Cincinnati school of design in 1873-'4, and during 1874-'5 he was a pupil of Frank Duveneck, in the same city. During 1875-'8 he studied at the academy in Munich under Ludwig Lofftz, and for a year under Duveneck in Venice. In 1880 he went abroad again, and during 1883-'5 he was a pupil at the Ecole Julien, Paris, under Gustave Rodolphe Clarence Boulanger and Jules Joseph Lefebvre. In 1.886 he returned to the United States. He was elected a member of the Society of American artists in 1879, and at the society's exhibition in 1888 gained the Webb prize for his " Windmills," which now belongs to Smith college, Northampton, Massachusetts Other works by him are " Arque la Bataille," "Winter," "The Pond," and " On the Seine."
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