Henry Siddons Mowbray
1858–1928 · American decorative painter of British parentage
Henry Siddons Mowbray (Alexandria, 1858 - 1928) was an American painter of English parentage, active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and known above all for his decorative work. Born in Egypt, he was orphaned young and raised in North Adams, Massachusetts, by an aunt and her husband. After a year at the United States Military Academy at West Point, he went to Paris and entered the studio of Léon Bonnat in 1879, where his picture Aladdin brought him public attention.
In 1888 his painting Evening Breeze received the Clark Prize at the National Academy of Design, and in 1891 he became a full member of that institution.
He is best remembered for the decorative ceilings he painted for F. W. Vanderbilt in Hyde Park, New York, and for J. P. Morgan's library, as well as those in the University Club library, which he executed in Rome. From 1902 to 1904 he directed the American Academy in Rome. He taught at the Art Students League of New York, and his pupils included Kenneth Hayes Miller.
Works (1)
Where to see the work
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. · 1
Teachers and pupils
Studied with
- Jean-Léon Gérôme 1824–1904
- Léon Bonnat 1833–1922
Pupils
- Kenneth Hayes Miller 1876–1952