About Arthur Webster Emerson
Lived 1885 – 1968 (aged 82). Arthur Webster Emerson was an American painter.
Arthur Webster Emerson (December 5, 1885 – July 18, 1968) was a painter who was born in Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawai'i. He was the son of Nathaniel Bright Emerson, and grandson of missionaries John S. Emerson and Ursula Newell Emerson. As a young Hawaiian-born artist, he was encouraged in his painting by Madge Tennent. During the 1910s and 1920s, he painted in New York with other young artists associated with the Ashcan School. Emerson died in 1968.
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American painter (1885-1968)
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Arthur Webster Emerson was born on 5 December 1885 in Honolulu.
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Arthur Webster Emerson died on 18 July 1968.
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Arthur Webster Emerson was a painter.
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Arthur Webster Emerson was American.
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