BORN: August 15, 1862 Monroe, WI

DIED: September 13, 1957 Warrenville, IL

MARRIED: December 24, 1888 Clara Amelia Wilson of Missouri (deceased May 8, 1939)

TRAINING

1881-1883 Art Institute of Chicago with Henry Fenton Spread and John Vanderpoel

1883-1886 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Thomas Eakins

1886-1887 Munich with Karl von Marr

1887-1888 Académie Julian, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant

1887-1888 Académie Roland, Paris

ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT

1877-1880 Sold sketches to farmers and portraits of prominent people in small towns

1892 Painted walls of Libby Prison exhibition, World’s Columbian

1896 Art critic, Sunday Inter Oceanii

1902 Contributing writer, Chicago Evening Postiii

1910 “The Sunny Years: Illustrated by Adam Emory Albright’s Paintings Of Childhood,” by Gardner Teall, The Craftsman, Vol. 19, November 1910, pp.140-148.

TEACHING

1880 Albright “Atelier”, Lamar, MO

RESIDENCES

1863-1870; 1867-1879 Cedarville, IA

1871-1876 Butler County, IA

1880-1881 Lamar, MO

1881 New Hampton, IAiv

1882-1883 Chicago

1883-1886 Philadelphia

1886-1888 Munich and Paris

1888 St. Louis

1889-1892 Chicago

1892-1896; 1898-1910 Edison Park (Chicago)v

1897 N. Harvey, IL

1911vi-1924 Hubbard Woods (Winnetka)

1924-1957 Warrenville, ILvii

TRAVELviii

1891 (summer) St. Louis and Coloradoix

1896 Munichx

1897 Wyomingxi

1902-1906 Annisquam, MA (summers)xii

1902 Philadelphia and New York Cityxiii

1904 Annisquamxiv

1905 Annisquamxv

1907 Annisquam (summer)xvi

1908, 1909 Brown County, INxvii

1909 Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; New York City; Noank, CT (summer)xviii

1910 Wales (summer)xix

1911 Springfield, MO (summer)

1912 Millheim, PAxx

1914 Birmingham and Millheim (summer)xxi

1915 Woodward, Centre County, PA (summer)

1916 Coloradoxxii

1916 Tionesta, PA (summer)

1917-1918 Elvalle (Caracas), Venezuela (winter)

1918-1919 Santa Barbara and Ocean Beach, CAxxiii

1920-1923 Southern, CA and Mexico (winters)xxiv

1921 Cedarville, IAxxv

1921 California (winter)xxvi

1923-1926 California,xxviixxviii Arizona, New Mexico (winters)

1925 Kentucky; Tennessee; Alabamaxxix

1926 Brown County, IN (summer)xxx

1929 Laguna Beach, CA

1930 Tionesta, PAxxxi

1933 Adirondack Mountainsxxxii

1939-1942 Maine, including New Harbor, Corea, Cundy’s Harbor, Deer Isle

1942 or 1943 California and Oregon Coastxxxiii

1949 Boothbay Harbor, MExxxiv

MEMBERSHIPS/OFFICES

American Watercolor Society

American Federation of Arts

Art Institute of Chicago Alumni Association

Artists’ Aid to the Red Crossxxxv

Artists’ Guild of Chicago (board 1914-1917)

Arts Club of Chicago (trustee 1916)

Association of Chicago Painters & Sculptors

Chicago Academy of Design (director)

Chicago Society of Artists, (director 1903-1904, 1907-1908 vice president 1905-1906; chairman, exhibition committee 1914-1915; president 1915-1916xxxvi)

Chicago Watercolor Club (founder 1907xxxvii; president xxxviii, director 19111907-1909-1912)

Chicago Galleries Association

Municipal Art League of Chicago

New York Watercolor Clubxxxix

Palette & Chisel Clubxl

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (fellow)xli

Salmagundi Club

Society of Associated Arts (vice president 1903)xlii

Society of Western Artists

HONORS

1900 Academician, Chicago Academy of Designxliii

1900 Catholic Women’s League Honorable Mention, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago & Vicinity xliv

1903 Klio Association Purchase Prize, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago & Vicinity

1905 Klio Association Purchase Prize, Art Institute, Chicago & Vicinityxlv

1906 Arché Club Purchase Prize, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago & Vicinityxlvi

1907 Municipal Art League Prize for Group of Pictures, Art Institute, Chicago & Vicinityxlvii

1907 Mrs. William Frederick Grower Prize, Art Institute, Chicago & Vicinityxlviii

1908 Martin B. Cahn Prize, Art Institute of Chicago, American Annualxlix

1910 Purchase Award, St. Louis Art Museum

1914 Mrs. William Frederick Grower Prize, Art Institute, Chicago & Vicinity

1918 Municipal Art League Purchase Prize, Art Institute, Chicago & Vicinityl

1927 (May) Sixth Purchase Prize, Chicago Galleries Association

1928 (Nov.) Purchase Prize, Chicago Galleries Association

1931 (May) Fifth Purchase Prize, Chicago Galleries Association

1933 Silver Medal, All-Illinois Society of Fine Arts annualli

1936 Municipal Art League Prize, Association of Chicago Painters & Sculptorslii

1947 Gold Medal, Association of Chicago Painters & Sculptorsliii

JURIES SERVED

All-Illinois Society of Fine Arts annual 1927-1937, 1952

All-Illinois Society of Fine Arts annual watercolors 1937

Art Institute of Chicago, American Annual 1898, 1909, 1918

Art Institute of Chicago, American Watercolors 1908, 1912, 1917, 1943

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Rotary Collectionliv

Art Institute, Chicago & Vicinity 1909, 1915, 1916

Artists’ Guild of Chicago annual 1916, 1917

Minnesota State Fair, Mankato 1906lv

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts annual 1908, 1916, 1917

Society of Western artists annual 1913

Swedish American Artists annual, Chicago 1912

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, American Annual 1908lvi, 1910

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, American Watercolor Annual 1907-1911

All-Illinois Society of Fine Art annual 1927, 1935,lvii 1936, 1938, 1946, 1948

American Watercolor Society annual 1907, 1908, 1909,lviii 1910 1912, 1914, 1915, 1917-1920, 1931

Art Institute of Chicago, Alumni Association 1922,lix 1949

Art Institute of Chicago, American Annual 1896-1898, 1903,lxiiilx 1904,lxi 1906lxii-1908, 1909, 1911-1916, 1918, 1919lxiv-1921, 1927

Art Institute of Chicago, American Watercolors 1900lxv, 1908lxvi

Art Institute of Chicago, Benefit for French Artists: Appui aux Artistes 1916

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Society of Artists: 33 Paintings 1914

Art Institute of Chicago, Continuous Exhibit of Chicago Art1911

Art Institute of Chicago, Summer Exhibition of works of Artists of Chicago 1904

Art Institute of Chicago, Young Fortnightly Competition 1897

Art Institute, Chicago & Vicinity 1897-1900, 1902-1903,lxviilxviii, 1907lxxiilxxiii 1904-1906lxix, 1908lxx-1915,lxxi 1916-1918, 1919- 1922, 1923, 1933

Artists’ Guild of Chicago 1913, 1915, 1916

Artists’ Guild of Chicago, Competitive Show 1917

Arts Club of Chicago, Landscapes by Members 1917lxxiv

Association of Chicago Painters & Sculptors annual 1935,lxxv1936, 1948

Association of Chicago Painters Sculptors, Home Planning building, A Century of Progress 1933lxxvi

Better Community Conference, University of Illinois, Art Extension Committee Rotary Exhibit 1921

Boston Art Club 1907-1909

Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Exhibition by Chicago Artists 1918, 1920

California Midwinter International Exposition, San Francisco 1894lxxvii

Carnegie Institute annual 1909

Chicago Galleries Association annual 1926-1928,lxxviii 1929-1931, 1942

Chicago Galleries Association, April small group show 1932lxxix

Chicago Galleries Association, Prize Winning Pictures 1933lxxx

Chicago Society of Artists annual 1889, 1914-1916

Chicago Water Color Club at Toledo Museum and Detroit Institute of Art1908, 1909

Cincinnati Art Museum annual watercolors 1909, 1911, 1912

Cincinnati Art Museum annual 1908-1909

Cincinnati Art Museum, American Watercolor Society 1915

Corcoran biennial 1908, 1919

Des Plaines, Illinois Womens Club 1917

Detroit Institute of Art, American Watercolors 1908

Elgin, Illinois Art Association 1917

Findlay Galleries, Chicago, Eleanor Jewett Critic’s Choice 1950

Garfield Park Gallery, Municipal Art League Collection 1936

Illinois Academy of Fine Arts 1928

Illinois Club, Artists of Chicago & Vicinity 1929

Illinois State Fair 1948

Illinois State Fair Old Northwest Territory annual 1951

Illinois State Federation of Women’s Clubs 1920

Increase Robinson Studio Gallery, Chicago 1930

Increase Robinson Studio Gallery, Chicago, Portraits of Chicago Artists by Chicago Artists 1932lxxxi

International Building, Rockefeller Center, First National Exhibition of American Art 1936

Klio Association annual 1903

Laguna Beach Art Association

Milwaukee Journal, Works by Wisconsin Artists 1925, 1930

Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts annual 1903lxxxii

National Academy of Design annual 1892, 1907, 1908, 1910-1913, 1916, 1918, 1919

Nebraska Art Association annual 1908, 1913, 1916

New York Watercolor Club annual 1906, 1909, 1910

Oak Park Art League 1929, 1930

Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco 1915

Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, Illinois State Building 1915

Park Ridge Improvement Association, Clute Memorial Exhibition 1915

Pemaquid Group of Artists, Pemaquid Art Gallery Maine 1939lxxxiii

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts annual 1884, 1887, 1903, 1905, 1907-1910lxxxiv, 1916, 1917

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts watercolor annual 1907-1910, 1912-1914

Philadelphia Watercolor Club annual 1909

Richmond, Indiana Art Association Annual 1903, 1906,lxxxv 1907

Sioux City Woman’s Club, Chicago Artists 1913

Society for Sanity in Art, Chicago 1937

Society of Allied Arts, First annual 1903

Society of Western Artists 1902, 1903,lxxxvilxxxvii 1906-1911, 1913

Springfield, Massachusetts Museum of Fine Arts, American Annual 1909

St. Louis Art Museum, American Annual, 1908, 1910, 1916, 1920, 1925lxxxviii

Terre Haute Art Association 1915

Toledo Museum of Art, American Watercolors 1908, 1909, 1910lxxxix, 1915

Toledo Museum of Art, Permanent Collection 1906, 1912-1916

Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, Omaha 1898xc

West End Woman’s Club, Artists’ Day 1910

World’s Columbian Exposition 1893

ONE, TWO OR THREE MAN EXHIBITIONS

1897 Owings Building, Chicagoxci

1899 Home of William Wallace Dresden, Chicagoxcii

1900-1901 Art Institute of Chicago, Detroit Museum of Art (Dec.), Saint Louis Art Museum, Cincinnati Museum of Art, Paintings of Country Childrenxciii

1901 Marquette Club, Chicagoxciv

1901 Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Bergey, Chicagoxcv

1901xcvii, Pictures of Country Childrenxcvi-1903 Detroit Institute of Arts (Nov.); Cincinnati Art Museum (Dec.), Art Institute of Chicago, Toledo Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Corcoran Gallery of Art

1903 Noyes Street Elementary School, Evanstonxcviii

1903 Toledo Museum of Art with Alexis J. Fournier

1904 Ravenswood (Chicago) Woman’s Club

1904 Detroit Institute of Arts (Jan.)

1904-1905 Detroit Institute of Arts (Nov.); Roycrofters, East Aurora, NYxcix

1905 Thurber Art Galleries, Chicagoc

1906 Aurora, IL Public Libraryci

1906 Irving Park Country Club, Chicagocii

1906 Mr. and Mrs. Chester M. Marthens residence, LaGrange, Illinoisciii

1907 The Art Store, Galesburg, Illinoisciv

1909 H. Lieber Co., Indianapolis with John Hafen and Ada and Walter Shulz, Brown County Scenes

1910 Kymry Society of Chicagocv

1910 Arché Club, Chicagocvi

1911 Art Institute of Chicagocvii

1912 Art Institute of Chicago

1912 Sinai Social Center, Chicago, auspices of Chicago Woman’s Aidcviii

1912 University of Missouri, Columbia, with Walter M. Clutecix

1916 Artists’ Guild of Chicagocx

1917 (2/6) Fine Arts Building, Chicagocxi

1918 Intercollegiate Club of Chicagocxii

1920 Art Institute of Chicagocxiii

1920 Butler Institute of American Art

1921 (5/17) Milwaukee Art Museum

1921 San Diego Museum of Artcxiv

1922 Helen C. Peirce School, Chicagocxv

1925 West End Women’s Clubcxvi

1927 Pasadena Art Institutecxvii

1928 Chicago Galleries Association;cxviii Illinois State Museumcxix

1930 Congress Hotel,cxx 1931 Revell’s, auspices of the All-Illinois Society of Fine Artcxxi

1930 Joliet Woman’s Clubcxxii

1932 (Apr.) Chicago Galleries Association

1933 (Nov.) Chicago Galleries Association, The Enchanted World of Childhoodcxxiii

1938 Winnetka Community House with his sonscxxiv

1940 (Feb.) Chicago Galleries Association

1944 Chicago Galleries Association

1950 Riccardo’s Studio Restaurant, with his two sonscxxv

Detroit Institute of Arts

St. Louis Art Museum

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS (some to be confirmed)

Art Institute of Chicago, Barnacles, 1907

Boston Museum of Fine Art

Cairo, Illinois Public Library, Birds Nest

Cedar Rapids Public Library, Natural History

Chicago Art Commission

Emerson School, Gary, Indiana, Hurry Up Jimcxxvi

Evanston, Illinois Public School Art Society, Baiting the Hook

Helen C. Peirce School, Chicago, On The Raftcxxvii

Illinois State Museum

International Harvester Corporation, Baiting the Hookcxxviii

Ogden School, La Grange, Illinois, Vacation Days

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Richmond, IN Art Association, Shadows on the Wallcxxix

St. Louis Art Museumcxxx

Toledo Museum of Art

Topeka Public Library, A Welcome Signal cxxxi

Union League Club of Chicago

Warrenville, Illinois Historical Society

Warrenville, Illinois Public Library

INTERESTING NOTES

His twin sons were both artists, Ivan and Malvin. He was close friends with Elbert Hubbard, founder of the Roycroft shops and studios in Aurora, New York. His studio is now the home of the Warrenville Historical Society on 2nd Street. 708-393-4215. The Art Institute of Chicago has all of his glass plate photographs of his paintings in the archives. They number several hundred plates.

“Until some two or three years ago I painted everything, including portraits, and finally I decided I would amount to nothing unless I put my whole interest and energy into one line of work. I chose the painting of country children because that seemed o me something a bit new and unusually interesting, and now I mean to keep at that wholly.”cxxxii

“…Adam, now 79 (who founded the family fortune in real estate)…”cxxxiii

iFor an overview of his career see: C. J. Bulliet, “Artists of Chicago Past and Present,” Chicago Daily News, 3/2/1935, Art, Antiques and The Artists section, p.13.

iiSee for example “Art Notes: Artist Models In Munich,” 8/23/1896, p.27. This is the first instance an article under his name appeared in the regular Sunday column.

iii“Art Show In The East,” Chicago Evening Post, 4/14/1902, p.5. Albright expresses his views on Western art in this lengthy article.

ivProspectus and Catalogue of the Schools of the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, 1882-83, “Names of Pupils,” [p.9], AIC Scrapbooks, Vol. 3, n.p.

vLife at the Albright studio was described in James W. Pattison, “Pattison’s Art Talk,” Chicago Journal, 8/15/1903, p.4. A photo of his log home and studio appears in Lena M. McCauley, “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 8/2/1902, p.8. His log home was pictured and the background of its conception and building described in some detail in “Artist Builds Wonder Mansion of Logs; Edison Park Home Like Backwoods Palace,” Chicago Tribune, 8/6/1911, p.B5.

viHarriet Monroe, “Scattered Art Shows For The Week,” Chicago Sunday Tribune, 3/19/1911, part 9, p.4.

viiEleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 9/14/1924, p.I11. His studio in a converted church was featured in “Art Is a Family Affair for the Albrights,” Chicago Daily News, 5/15/1943.

viiiEleanor Jewett noted it was her opinion he had actually moved to California, versus extensive travel there, but then moved back to Illinois by 1928. Eleanor Jewett, “Self-Taught Artist Wins Critic’s Praise: First Fall Show At Galleries,” Chicago Tribune, 9/23/1928, p.H4.

ix“Art Notes,” Sunday Inter Ocean, Vol. XX, No. 61, 5/24/1891, Part 1, p.6.

x“Local Tone,” The Arts, Vol. 4, No. 3, September 1895, p.88. “Echoes From the Studios,” Sunday Inter Ocean, 5/17/1896, Part 4, p.31. He had returned by June when he had an exhibit in his studio in the Owings Buildling. “Art Notes,” Sunday Inter Ocean, 6/14/1896, p.35.

xi“Chicago Art and Artists,” Sunday Inter Ocean, 6/27/1897, p.35, stated it was likely he was headed there to paint Indian and ranch scenes to fill commissions.

xiiLena M. McCauley, “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 8/6/1904 in Art Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 20.

xiii“Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 3/29/1902, p14.

xivLena M. McCauley, “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 10/8/1904, p.11.

xvLena M. McCauley, “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 6/17/1905, p.8. Annisquam is on Cape Ann. An account of his trip along with a list of his artist neighbors is discussed in “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 8/12/1905, p.7.

xviLena M. McCauley, “Art,” Chicago Evening Post, 7/6/1907, p.9. “Advancement In Art Shown In An Annual,” Chicago Evening Post, 3/14/1908, p.8, and Chicago Record-

Herald, 6/23/1907 in Art Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 23. Upon his return he was showing a variety of new styles of works. Lena M. McCauley, “Art,” Chicago Evening Post, 9/28/1907, p.6.

xviiAdolph Shulz scrapbook, Eckert Galleries, Indianapolis, 1908. He traveled there with John Hafen and Art Institute of Chicago professor Frank Phoenix. See also: Mae J. Evans, “What Chicago Artists Have Accomplished This Summer,” Sunday Inter Ocean, 9/13/1908, Magazine Section, p.2. “Brown County, Ind., May Not Have a Railroad, But It Holds Peculiar Charms for Chicago Artists,” Chicago Sunday Tribune, 12/5/1909, part 9, p.4. Lena M. McCauley, “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 7/3/1908, p.4, and 8/8/1908, p.4, and with an extensive column upon his return 9/26/1908, p.4.

xviiiChicago Record-Herald, 5/9/1909 in Art Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 25. He visited Pittsburgh to see his painting in the Carnegie International show and New York to see his work with the American Water Color Society and presumably Philadelphia to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts exhibit where his work was hung. See also: Lena M. McCauley, “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 6/19/1909, p.6, 7/3/1909, p.6.

xixMaude I. G. Oliver, “Among the Artists,” Chicago Record Herald, 9/4/1910, sec. 7, p.4. He and his wife were there without the children who were left in the care of the eldest until school was finished and then went to stay with a relative.

xxLena M. McCauley, “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 6/20/1912, p.5. He had made this change of plans and visited Millheim where some of his relatives still lived. His grandfather’s house was still there and occupied.

xxi“Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 7/1/1914, p.8, and 8/29/1914, p.8.

xxiiLena M. McCauley, “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 7/13/1916 in Art Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 34, p.113.

xxiii“Our Friends Everywhere,” in “News Of The Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 12/3/1918, p.9.

xxivIn 1920-1921, he spent part of the winter at San Juan Capistrano, California. They then went to San Luis Capistrano and then to their cottage at Arch Beach in Laguna. “News of the Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 1/31/1922. His departure in 1922 for the winter was announced in “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 12/17/1922, p.E10. In 1928, he sold his “Spanish” home near San Diego to spend full time in Warrenville, Illinois. “Notes About Artists,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 9/4/1928, p.12.

xxv“Our Friends,” in “News Of The Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 9/13/1921, p.9.

xxviEleanor Jewett, “Art And Architecture,” Chicago Tribune, 9/18/1921, p.G8.

xxviiHe was in Laguna Beach. Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 2/12/1922, p.G12. He went again for the winter of 1922-1923. Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 12/17/1922, p.E10. Eleanor

Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 2/11/1923, p.D9.

xxviii“News of the Log Studio,” “News of the Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 9/18/1923. Albright had actually planned to move to California permanently.

xxix“To Motor Thru South,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 10/13/1925, p.16. His two sons traveled with he and his wife.

xxxCaption to an illustration of his work Chums, The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 6/8/1926, p.10. It was confirmed this was his first trip back to the area since 1908 in “A. E. Albright Back from Brown County,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 8/31/1926, p.2. Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 9/19/1926, p.G9.

xxxiLena M. McCauley, “Adam Emory Albright,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 7/15/1930, p.6.

xxxiiEleanor Jewett, “Chicago Artists on Summer Painting Tours Prepare to Return to the Old Home Field,” Chicago Tribune, 8/27/1933, part 8, p.4.

xxxiiiC. J. Bulliet, “Bull by the Horns,” Art Digest, Vol. 23, 11/1/1948, p.24. He had gone to see his sons who were working for MGM Studios on the portrait of Dorian Gray.

xxxivPostcard written to Lon S. Warren of San Diego, IHAP Library, courtesy of the Albright family.

xxxv“Artists Design Yule Cards For Boys In France,” Chicago Tribune, 10/28/1917, p.14.

xxxviAnne Ellis, “Art,” Chicago Tribune, 2/9/1916, p.17.

xxxviiMae J. Evans, “What Western Artists Have Done In This Past Year,” Sunday Inter Ocean, 5/10/1908, Magazine Section, p.4. “Organize Water Color Club,” Chicago Tribune, 6/6/1907, p.9. Lena M. McCauley, “Art,” Chicago Evening Post, 6/8/1907, p.16.

xxxviiiLena M. McCauley, “Art,” Chicago Evening Post, 6/8/1907, p.16.

xxxixOp. cit., Evans, Sunday Inter Ocean, 5/10/1908, Magazine Section, p.4.

xlChicago Record-Herald, 4/1/1906 in Art Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 22.

xliThis may have been a fellowship award. Catalogue of the Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists, (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 10/20/1903), p.11.

xlii“From A Quarrel Will Grow The Art Museum,” Chicago American, 9/21/1902. This organization was openly antagonistic to the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Society of Artists. The newspaper gives an account of a confrontation, in which Albright participated, with director William M. R. French. In 1901 Albright had no paintings accepted into the annual shows at the Art Institute and in 1902 only one; this may have started his disgruntlement which could not have lasted long. Early in 1903, Albright was the Chairman of the exhibition committee for the organization whose exhibition rules were published in Lena M. McCauley, “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 1/17/1903, p.8. See also: Lena M. McCauley, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 3/21/1903, p.6.

xliiiAnnual meeting of the Chicago Academy of Design, IHAP Library, 11/1/1900. As the Academy had been substantially taken over by the Art Institute of Chicago in 1882, and by this date was functioning only as a shell organization, this honor should be more one conferred by the Art Institute trustees who controlled the Academy’s charter.

xliv“Exhibition Notes,” Brush and Pencil, Vol. 6, No. 1, April 1900, p.11.

xlvThey purchased his painting The Bog. An announcement of the purchase in general was made in “Woman’s Clubs Buy Paintings,” Chicago Tribune, 2/19/1905, p.9.

xlviThey purchased his An Armload of Work, “Chicago Artists’ Exhibition And Art Sale,” Sketch Book, Vol. 5, No.6. February 1906, p.287.

xlviiLetter to Newton H. Carpenter from William M. R. French, French Letters, Ryerson Library, Art Institute of Chicago, 2/14/1906. French writes Albright was second in the voting the prior year and was upset that he lost because Ralph Clarkson brought in proxy votes from absent artists.

xlviiiThe prize was worth $100 and awarded his group of eight canvases. A. G. Randolph, “Exhibition Of The Artists Of Chicago,” Brush and Pencil, Vol. 19, No. 2, February 1907, p.48. Lena M. McCauley, “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 2/2/1907, p.7.

xlixHe was awarded the prize for his painting The Enchanted Hour illustrated in “Pictures of Children – Work of American Artists – Exhibited Art Institute,” Chicago Tribune, 10/20/1908, p.3. “Albright Given Cahn Prize,” Chicago Tribune, 11/10/1908, p.3.

l“Art Notes,” Chicago Journal, 3/14/1918 in Art Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 37. The award was given to his painting Evening. See also: Evelyn Marie Stuart, “Chicago Artists’ Twenty-second Annual Exhibition,” Fine Arts Journal, Vol. 36, March 1918, p.9.

liThe prize was awarded his Water Lilies. C. J. Bulliet, “Around the Picture Galleries: All-Illinois Show,” Chicago Daily News, 11/25/1933, Art and Artists section, p.24. Eleanor Jewett, “Tell Winners in Exhibit of State Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 11/25/1933, p.19.

liiThe prize was awarded his On the Raft. C. J. Bulliet, “Around the Galleries: Chicago in Two Shows,” Chicago Daily News, 2/15/1936, Art, Antiques and The Artists section, p.4. Eleanor Jewett, “Chicago Group Opens Splendid Art Exhibition,” Chicago Tribune, 2/11/1936, p.21.

liiiLetter to Lore B. Stickney (great niece) from Adam E. Albright, 5/4/1947, IHAP Library. “Winners of Association Gold Medal,” Exhibition – Association of Chicago Painters and Sculptors, held at Chicago Galleries Association, 4/15-5/6/1950, exhibition catalog.

livLena M. McCauley, “News Of The Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 1/30/1917, p.8. This group of fifty paintings toured various Midwestern art museums and art associations.

lvLena M. McCauley, “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 4/14/1906, p.9.

lviChicago Record-Herald, 9/13/1908 in Art Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 24.

lviiHis painting Two Boys on a Raft was illustrated in Eleanor Jewett, “Skilled Painting Dominates New All-Illinois Show,” Chicago Tribune,11/24/1935, part 8, p.5.

lviiiTwo of his works from this annual were included in the Society’s “rotary” exhibition which traveled to St. Louis, Buffalo, Toledo, Detroit, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Grand Rapids.

lixHis The End of the Pier was illustrated in Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 12/31/1922, p.D9.

lxHis Cherries Are Ripe, was illustrated in Lena M. McCauley, “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 10/24/1903, p.12.

lxiFor commentary on his work see, Lena M. McCauley, “Art,” Chicago Evening Post, 11/5/1904, p.5. His Waiting For Supper was illustrated with the article.

lxiiOne of his three works exhibited was illustrated in Lena M. McCauley, “Painting Exhibit Stirs Enthusiasm,” Chicago Evening Post, 10/20/1906, p.7.

lxiii His A Log In The River, was illustrated in Chicago Daily News, 10/29/1908 in AIC Scrapbooks, vol. 24, p.82.

lxivHis work was reviewed in Eleanor Jewett, “Art: American Exhibit Reviewed in Detail,” Chicago Tribune, 11/23/1919, p.F6.

lxvHis work received extensive review in James William Pattison “Art Exhibit Goes On: A. E. Albright’s Work,” Sunday Inter Ocean, 4/29/1900, p.18.

lxviAlbright successfully organized entrance into the show and an entire gallery by the Chicago Water Color Club, see: Op. cit., Evans, Sunday Inter Ocean, 5/10/1908, Magazine Section, p.4.

lxviiHis painting Shadows on the Wall, was illustrated in B. Bennett, “Chicago Artists’ Exhibition,” World To-Day, Vol. 4, April 1903, p.464, and Arthur Anderson Merritt, “Work Of The Chicago Artists,” Brush and Pencil, Vol. 11, No. 6, March 1903, p.452, and Lena M. McCauley, “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 2/14/1903, p.8. The work sold at Sotheby’s in New York in March 2000.

lxviiiIn the 1906 annual show, he placed second for the prestigious Silver Medal award of the Chicago Society of Artists and was never to win the medal in his career. See: Untitled article, March 1906 in Art Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 21, col. 4, p.165. See: “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 5/14/1910, p.6. His The Mill Pond, was illustrated in “The Recent Exhibition Of Works By Chicago Artists,” International Studio, Vol. 28, April 1906, p.47, and “Chicago Artists’ Exhibition And Art Sale,” Sketch Book, Vol. 5, No.6. February, 1906, p.294. His Natural History was illustrated in Maude I. G. Oliver, “Features Of The Chicago Artist’s Exhibit,” Sunday Inter Ocean, 2/4/1906, Men’s Magazine section, p.5.

lxixHis painting The Anglers, was illustrated in the catalogue and in James Spencer Dickenson, “The Artist Out Of Doors,” World To-Day, Vol. 12, May 1907, p.517, and A. G. Randolph, “Exhibition Of The Artists Of Chicago,” Brush and Pencil, Vol. 19, No. 2, February 1907, p.43.

lxxHis Looking For Clams, was illustrated in Maude I. G. Oliver, “What Chicago Artists Have Done In The Last

Year,” Sunday Inter Ocean, 2/16/1908, Men’s Magazine section, p.5.

lxxiHis Rhododendron, was illustrated in the catalogue and in Evelyn Marie Stuart, “Annual Exhibition Of Local Artists,” Fine Arts Journal, Vol. 32, April 1915, p.175.

lxxiiHis Foothills in the Andes, was illustrated in Eleanor Jewett, “Art: “‘Italian Garden’ Feature in Local Artists’ Exhibit,” Chicago Tribune, 2/23/1919, p.D3.

lxxiiiHis The Pier was illustrated in Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 2/19/1922, p.F12.

lxxivLouise James Bargelt, “Art,” Chicago Tribune, 3/25/1917, p.C5.

lxxvThis show was held at Marshall Field & Company Galleries. His Our Boats, was illustrated in the Chicago Daily News, 2/16/1935, Art, Antiques and The Artists section, p.10. The painting was sold at Dunning’s Auctions, 12/1/1996 [Lot 1426].

lxxviEleanor Jewett, “City’s Famous Artists Show Work At Fair: Hang Paintings in Home Planning Building,” Chicago Tribune, 6/20/1933, p.19.

lxxviiC. A. Webster, “The Midwinter Fair,” Sunday Inter Ocean, Vol. XXIII, No. 57, 5/20/1894, Part 3, p.27.

lxxviiiHis Once Upon A Time, was illustrated in The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 12/18/1928, p.6.

lxxixHis Sewing Carpet Rags, was illustrated in Chicago Evening Post, 3/29/1932, Art Section, p.6. Eleanor Jewett, “Three New Art Exhibitions Lend Color to Early Spring: At the Chicago Galleries,” Chicago Tribune, 4/3/1932, part 8, p.5.

lxxxC. J. Bulliet, “Art Tastes of Prize Jurors in Retrospect” Chicago Evening Post, 6/171933, Art and Artists section, p.32. His Young Barbarians of 1907 was exhibited, and illustrated in the 10/28 issue, p.19.

lxxxiEleanor Jewett, “Exhibition of Portraits Intrigues,” Chicago Tribune, 3/6/1932, part 8, p.4.

lxxxiiLena M. McCauley, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 8/29/1903, p.8.

lxxxiiiC. J. Bulliet, “Art Notes,” Chicago Daily News, 9/2/1939, Art and Music Section, p.11.

lxxxiv“Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 3/6/1909, p.4. In 1909, he was admitted with having to pass the jury.

lxxxvElla Bond Johnson, “An Art Association for the People,” The Outlook, Vol. 85, 4/27/1907, p.949. A painting from this exhibit was purchased for the Richmond schools.

lxxxviHis Cherries Are Ripe, was illustrated in Henry Charles Payne, “Work of Western Artists,” Brush and Pencil, Vol. 13, January 1904, p.277.

lxxxviiHis The Silver Sea, was illustrated in “Three Pictures to Be Exhibited at Show of Western Artists’ Society,” Chicago Evening Post, 12/31/1913, p.15.

lxxxviiiHis Arizona, was illustrated in The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 9/15/1925, p.13.

lxxxixAmerican Watercolor Society.

xcHis work Yankee Doodle was sold from the show. “Art,” Sunday Chicago Tribune, 11/6/1898, p.33.

xciHe had his studio in the building. “The Fine Arts,” Sunday Inter Ocean, 6/13/1897, p.35.

xciiChicago Chronicle, 1/13/1899, in Art Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 10, p.93. Albright was introduced to the society of Chicago at this exhibition which was hung in the ballroom of the Dresden’s home. The special exhibition was by invitation only.

xciii“Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 10/13/1900, p.8.

xcivArt Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 13, col. 4, p.145.

xcv“Grover and Clarkson Here,” Chicago Evening Post, 9/21/1901, p.8.

xcviMention of the request for exhibition of his works was made in Isabel McDougall, “A. E. Albright Honored,” Chicago Evening Post, 10/5/1901, p.8. His Boys Fishing, is illustrated in the article.

xcviiArt Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 17, col. 1, p.13. “In making plans for the next winter the Corcoran Art Gallery of Washington has invited Adam E. Albright to exhibit his collection of pictures illustrating the sports of American children.”

xcviiiLena McCauley, “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 10/17/1903, p.12.

xcixLena M. McCauley, “Art,” Chicago Evening Post, 1/28/1905, p.9.

c“Here Is An Artist Who Portrays The Old Fashioned Child,” Sunday Inter Ocean, 3/19/1905, Magazine section, p.6. The review is extensive with several illustrations.

ci“Art And Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 3/17/1906, p.11.

ciiChicago Chronicle, 2/17/1906 in Art Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 21, p.167. Lena M. McCauley, “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 3/10/1906, p.5.

ciii“Art And Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 11/10/1906, p.12.

civLena M. McCauley, “Art,” Chicago Evening Post, 3/16/1907, p.5.

cvChicago Record-Herald, 12/4/1910 in Art Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 27. The club rooms of this Welsh group were located at 12 E. Monroe St. See also: Chicago Examiner, 12/7/1910 in vol. 27.

cviArché Club Yearbook, Chicago Historical Society, 1909-1910, p.24.

cviiOp. cit., Monroe, Chicago Sunday Tribune, 3/19/1911, part 9, p.4. His work A Misty Morning, was illustrated in “Painter of Children Has Display of Works at the Art Institute,” Chicago Tribune, 3/17/1911, p.5.

cviii“Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 12/28/1912, p.8.

cixLetter to Adam Emory Albright from William M. R. French, French Papers, Ryerson Library, Art Institute of Chicago, 10/27/1911.

cxLouise James Bargelt, “Art: Exhibitions at the Galleries,” Chicago Tribune, 12/24/1916, p.10.

cxiIn 1917, he moved his studio to this famous art building and held an exhibit of fifty of his works. Op. cit., McCauley, Chicago Evening Post, 1/30/1917, p.8.

cxiiLena M. McCauley, “Mr. Albright Exhibits,” in “News Of The Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 4/2/1918, p.11.

cxiiiEleanor Jewett, “Art,” Chicago Tribune, 3/14/1920, p.E9.

cxivLena M. McCauley, “Gossip by the Way,” in “News Of The Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 3/29/1921, p.9.

cxvEleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 11/5/1922 in Art Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 44.

cxvi“Paintings by Albright,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 10/6/1925, p.3.

cxviiEleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 4/17/1927, in the Art Institute of Chicago scrapbooks, vol. 53, p.79.

cxviiiLena M. McCauley, “Three Lively Shows Open New Art Season,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 9/11/1928, p2. His Two Children, was illustrated in the 9/18/1928 issue, p.4. Marguerite B. Williams, “The Father Albright,” Chicago Daily News, 9/26/1928, in Art Institute of Chicago scrapbooks, vol. 55, p.80. Eleanor Jewett, “Children, as Theme of Artists, Appear in Fine Local Exhibit,” Chicago Tribune, 10/2/1928, p.35.

cxix“Notes About Artists,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 9/25/1928, p.6. “State Museum Shows Albright’s Canvases,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 11/6/1928, p.8. The show later moved to Galesburg, IL.

cxxTom Vickerman, “Gray-Haired Artist Paints Child Epics,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 2/11/1930, p.2. Eleanor Jewett, “Albright's Paintings of Children Are Real; Shown at Revell’s,” Chicago Tribune, 2/18/1930, p.30.

cxxi“Art Exhibits,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 3/24/1931, p.2. Eleanor Jewett, “First Showing of Paintings Up for Comment,” Chicago Tribune, 3/2/1930, p.H5.

cxxiiEleanor Jewett, “Art Shows Open This Week,” Chicago Tribune, 11/23/1930, p.H4.

cxxiiiEleanor Jewett, “Three Artists Contribute to Happy Exhibit,” 11/4/1933, p.17 and “Three-Man Show of Chicago Galleries Association Is in the Spotlight as the World’s Fair Art Exhibit Closes,” Chicago Tribune, 11/5/1933.

cxxivC. J. Bulliet, “Around the Galleries: Three Albrights,” Chicago Daily News, 4/9/1938, Art and Music Section, p.15.

cxxvC. J. Bulliet, “Art in Chicago: Season for Veterans,” Art Digest, Vol. 24, 4/15/1950, p.26.

cxxviThe painting was exhibited at the Art Institute annual Chicago artists show in 1902 and was illustrated in Arthur Anderson Merritt, “Work of Chicago Artists,” Brush and Pencil, Vol. 9, No. 6, March 1902, p.340.

cxxviiThe painting was purchased by the school in 1925 and illustrated in The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 8/11/1925, p.4.

cxxviiiPurchased in 1933, the painting was used for a promotional poster. “Albright Painting Sold,” Chicago Daily News, 9/16/1933, Art and Artists section, p.16.

cxxixLena McCauley, “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 7/18/1903, p.8. The work was apparently sold at Sotheby’s on 3/15/2000.

cxxxThe painting Bow Tie, was stolen in 1933 and never recovered.

cxxxiThe painting appears under the title Suppertime on the Old Farm, The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 7/6/1926, p.6.

cxxxiiChicago Chronicle, 11/15/1901 in Art Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 14, p.151. One of his first successful paintings of children came from the theme of Oliver Twist, such work selling for $500 at the time. Op.cit., Sunday Inter Ocean, 5/24/1891, p.6.

cxxxiii“Super-Realist Albright Bought by Chicago,” Art Digest, Vol. 16, 12/1/1941, p.17.