Chronology

Francis Henry Richardson

(1859-1934)

1859 – Born on July 4 in Boston, MA

1870’s – Graduates Roxbury Latin High School, pursues a career in civil engineering, but studies art with Alice Knowlton and William Morris Hunt

1886 – In December, sails for Liverpool on way to Paris

1887 – Enrolls at Academie Julian, student there for next decade in ateliers of Boulanger, Doucet, Lefebvre, J.P. Laurens, and Constant

1889-1900 – Exhibits at Salon 1889, 1890, 1894-1899 / Les Rougets, 1896 / Makes several trips between New England and France / Maintains studios in Boston when in America / Has studio in same building in Paris with Henry Kenyon and Arthur Dow at 9 Impasse du Maine (now Rue Antoine Bourdelle) and across the street from his contemporary Antoine Bourdelle’s studio, now the Musee Bourdelle.

1890-91 – Travels to Spain, Italy, and North Africa with Colin Campbell Cooper

1891 – Exhibits The Widow and Concarneau Moonlight at the Boston Art Club

1893 – Marries Frances Hill – begins to spend summers at a small coastal French village near Holland (Etaples) where he finds new inspiration from the local fisher folk at work

1890’s – Comes to Ipswich for the first time; exhibits at the Paris Salon (Les Rougets, Flight into Egypt, Mere et Enfant (daughter Eleonore born in 1896)

1894 – Exhibits The Bathers at Salon

1899 – Receives Honorable Mention at Salon for A Summer Evening – Etaples

1900 – Son Jerome born.

1900’s – Returns to United States permanently / Maintains studios in Boston and Ipswich, continues to exhibit at National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy, American Water Color Society, Art Institute of Chicago, Salamagundi Club, Corcoran Gallery, Detroit Museum of Art, and other venues.

1902 – Buys land, he and his wife hire architect Ralph Adams Cram to design an Arts & Crafts house in Ipswich / Receives Philadelphia Art Society medal for Hauling Seaweed

1903 – Boston Art Club Purchase Prize

1926-30 – Exhibits at Gloucester Society of Artists, Golden Autumn 1926, Pool in the Woods 1927, Shrimp Fisherwoman (also Shrimp Woman) 1930

1927-28 – Exhibits at North Shore Art Association, Gloucester

1934 – Dies suddenly in Ipswich on April 17