Henry Bacon was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1839. Enlisted to fight, and severely wounded in the Civil War, Bacon left for Paris in 1864. While in Paris Bacon was one of the first Americans admitted to the Ecole des Beaux Arts, where he was trained in the highly academic style of middle-19th century Europe. In 1895, Bacon turned his attentions to more impressionistic watercolors, works for which he is best remembered today. Earning great acclaim for his virtuoso later works, Bacon exhibited for many years at the Paris Salon and New York’s National Academy of Design.
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