Robert Loftin Newman (November 10, 1827 – March 31, 1912) was an American painter and

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designer. He specialized in oil on canvas as his medium and is sometimes associated with

Albert Pinkham Ryder Albert Pinkham Ryder (March 19, 1847 – March 28, 1917) was an American painter best known for his poetic and moody allegory, allegorical works and seascapes, as well as his Eccentricity (behavior), eccentric personality. While his art shared an ...

as a painter of mood. Newman's works include ''Good Samaritan'', painted in 1886, ''Flight into Egypt'', ''Harvest Time'', ''Sailboat Manned by Two Men'', and ''The Bather''.

Biography

Newman was born in

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and moved to

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when he was 11 years of age. Later, as a young adult, he studied art in

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, England, and France. Newman served briefly as an artillery lieutenant for the

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during the American Civil War. He died of asphyxiation from a gas leak from a stove on March 31, 1912.

References

External links

Robert Loftin Newman exhibition catalogs
1827 births 1912 deaths Artists from Richmond, Virginia Confederate States Army officers 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists American male painters 20th-century American painters Deaths from asphyxiation 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-1820s-stub