About Ernest Lee Major
Lived 1864 – 1950 (aged 85–86). Ernest Lee Major was an American painter.
Ernest Lee Major (1864–1950) was an American painter.
Early life and education Originally from the Washington DC area, Major first studied under E. C. Messer at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, then at the Art Students League of New York with William Merritt Chase. A Harper Hargarten Prize provided him with the opportunity to travel to Europe, where he studied under Gustave Boulanger and Jules Joseph Lefebvre.
Career Returning to the United States in 1888, Major taught at Cowles Art School until he took a teaching post in 1896 at Massachusetts Normal Art School.
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Who was Ernest Lee Major?
American painter and artist (1864–1950)
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Ernest Lee Major was born in 1864.
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Ernest Lee Major died in 1950 in Boston.
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Ernest Lee Major was a painter.
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Ernest Lee Major was American.
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