Robert Bolling Brandegee (1849 – 1922) was an American painter and teacher. He is considered an

American Pre-Raphaelite The American Pre-Raphaelites was a movement of landscape painters in the United States during the mid-19th century. It was named for its connection to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and for the influence of John Ruskin on its members. Painter T ...

. For many years he taught at Miss Porter's School for Girls in Farmington, Connecticut, and the

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. His work is in the collections of the

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and

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. The

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owns a self-portrait.

Gallery

Brooklyn Museum - Writing to Mother - Robert Brandegee.jpg, ''Writing to Mother'' by Robert Bolling Brandegee circa 1867 Robert Bolling Brandegee - Miss Sarah Porter - 1924.02 - New Britain Museum of American Art.jpg, Miss Sarah Porter (circa 1900), in the collection of the

Brandegee - Purple Iris.jpg, ''Purple Iris'' Brandegee - Autumn Fields.jpg, ''Autumn Fields''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brandegee, Robert Bolling 1849 births 1922 deaths 19th-century American painters 20th-century American painters Art Students League of New York faculty