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Frederick F. Fursman
Frederick Frary Fursman (nicknamed "Fursie") (February 15, 1874 May 12, 1943) was an American impressionist painter and educator who co-founded the Saugatuck, Michigan, Saugatuck Summer School of Painting (known today as the Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists Residency, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, Michigan and co-directed or directed it for 30 years. Career Fursman was born in El Paso, Illinois. He studied art in Chicago (1900-1906) and in France at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and with Jean Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian, Paris (1906–1909). He exhibited his paintings at the Salon Société des Artistes Français in Paris (1908-1909). Returning to Chicago in 1909, he found work teaching at the Art Institute of Chicago and in 1910 (and for many times thereafter) exhibited there and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. With Walter Marshall Clute, he started the Summer School of Painting at Saugatuck, Michigan, Saugatuck which he co-direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Paso, Illinois
El Paso is a city in Woodford County, Illinois, Woodford and McLean County, Illinois, McLean counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 2,756 at the 2020 census. The Woodford County portion of El Paso is part of the Peoria, Illinois, Peoria Peoria metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. El Paso is a small community in central Illinois that took on more characteristics of a highway community after the construction of Interstate 39, which supplanted the older alignment of U.S. Highway 51. The completion of Interstate 39 in Illinois occurred on October 31, 1992, with the final segment between Kappa and Illinois Route 116 near El Paso. The city's strategic location at the intersection of the Illinois Central Railroad and the Toledo, Peoria, and Western Railroad played a pivotal role in its development as a vital commercial hub in the 19th century. In February 2022, El Paso gained national attention when a 100-car pileup occurred on Interstate 39 near the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
