{"title":"Beard, James Henry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Henry Beard (1811-1893)\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Buffalo, New York. When he was eleven he moved with his family to Painesville, Ohio where his younger brother, painter William Holbrook Beard was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough largely self-taught, in 1827 he received his first art instruction in Painesville from noted itinerant artist, Jarvas Frary Hanks. For a while he was an itinerant portrait painter who travelled to Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, and Louisville.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe moved to Cincinnati in 1834 where he remained until 1870, spending his winters in New Orleans. His 1834 painting of a child with a dog determined Beard’s mature career as he moved from portraiture to animal and genre paintings. Art Historian William H. Gerdts considers Beard “the outstanding artist to emerge in Cincinnati in the 1830s”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe served with the Union Army during the American Civil War. He moved to New York in 1870 where he remained until his death. Beard exhibited widely, including American Art Union, National Academy of Design, Brooklyn Art Association, Centennial Exposition, 1876, Philadelphia, Boston Art Club, Apollo Association and the Southern Art Union.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"beard-james-henry-1811-1893-a-greyhound-in-a-hilly-landscape","title":"Beard, James Henry (1811-1893) - A Greyhound in a Hilly Landscape","description":"\u003cp\u003ePicture by the American artist James Henry Beard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 5551 pixels wide by 3983 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/beard-james-henry\" title=\"James Henry Beard\"\u003eJames Henry Beard\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61023846498634,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Beard_JamesHenry_1811-1893_-AGreyhoundinaHillyLandscape_main.jpg?v=1770290891"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Beard_James_Henry_1811-1893-3278834.jpg?v=1770290742","url":"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/beard-james-henry.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}