Artist: John Beasley Greene (1832 - 1856)
Nationality: French-American
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Media: Photgraphy
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Biography:
Although born in France, John Beasley Greene was raised in the United States. He studied to become an archaeologist and based his practice out of Paris. Greene studied photography under Gustave Le Gray and helped found the Societe Francaise de photographie. He was the first archaeologist to use photography to document his work. In 1853, Green traveled across Egypt and Nubia. When he returned to France, Louis Desire Blanquart-Evrard published a book of ninety-four of his photographs from the journey. In 1855, photographs from Greene’s second visit to Medinet-Habu in Upper Egypt were published. He died a year later in Egypt, possibly from tuberculosis.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Temple of Amon, Thebes (near Luxor)
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John Beasley Greene Thebes - Ramesseion salted paper print circa 1850 - 1855
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John Singleton Copley - Mrs. John Greene 1769 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - John Greene c. 1769 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art American
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John Singleton Copley Mrs. Rufus Greene (Katherine Stanbridge Greene) oil on canvas circa 1760
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Thomas Sully, American (born in England), 1783-1872 The Torn Hat 1820 Oil on panel 48.58
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John Singleton Copley - Thomas Greene 1758 oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum American
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John Singleton Copley - Mrs. Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene) c. 1764 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Alfred T. Ordway, American, 1821-1897 Landscape about 1868 Oil on paperboard 27.62 x 34.92 cm
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William Hart, American, 1823-1894 Birches 1855 Oil on canvas 43.5 x 24.45 cm (17 1/8
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John Williamson, American (born in Scotland), 1826-1885 Mountainous Landscape 1870"s Oil on board 10.79 x
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John Williamson, American (born in Scotland), 1826-1885 Western Landscape with Tepees Oil on board 10.48
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Robert Earle Henri, American, 1865-1929 Stephen Greene 1924 Oil on canvas 60.96 x 50.8 cm
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Artist: Charles Greene and Henry Greene Title: Side chair Date: 1907 Medium: Honduran mahogany, ebony,
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John Sartain Portrait of John A. Sutter mezzotint 1850
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John Singer Sargent, American, 1856-1925 Charlotte Nichols Greene and her Son Stephen, 1924-1924 Charcoal on
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Washington Allston, American, 1779-1843 Head of a Jew 1817 Oil on canvas 76.2 x 63.82
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Daedalus, Bruce Beasley (United States, California, Los Angeles, born 1939)  (Artist), 1963, Cast aluminum sculpture
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Portrait of Brother Jonas Wittman, Stanley Roseman (United States, Massachusetts, Brookline, born 1945)  (Artist), 1978, Colored chalks
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Gertrude Greene Untitled (Abstract), fromThe American Abstract Artists Portfolio: Exhibition April 3-17, 1937 black and white offset lithograph 1937
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John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815 Lord Fauconberg (Henry Belasyse, Second Earl of Fauconberg) about 1792
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Abbott Handerson Thayer, American, 1849-1921 Girl in White (Margaret Greene) about 1888 Oil on canvas
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John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815 Battle of the Pyrenees 1812-15 Oil on canvas 198.75 x
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John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815 George IV When Prince of Wales 1809 Oil on canvas
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John Bulkley Greene - Ramesseum in Thebes c. 1853-54 Blanquart-Evrard Pro Cincinnati Art Museum American
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John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815 Venus and Cupid about 1779 Oil on canvas mounted on
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John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815 Saul Reproved by Samuel 1798 Oil on canvas 172.08 x
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John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815 Mrs. John Amory (Katherine Greene) about 1763 Oil on canvas
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Whitework sampler Band sampler England, mid-17th century Linen plain weave ground embroidered with linen 114.2
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Balcomb Greene Untitled (Abstract), fromThe American Abstract Artists Portfolio: Exhibition April 3-17, 1937 black and white offset lithograph 1937
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John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815 The Ascension 1775 Oil on canvas 81.28 x 73.02 cm
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Embroidered by Katherine Greene Amory, American (Boston, Massachusetts), 1731 –1777 Rufus Greene family Coat of
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Herb Greene Bill Graham Presents (88) Jefferson Airplane; Charlatans, Fillmore Auditorium, 10/11-12/67; Winterland, 10/13-12/67 lithograph 1967
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Judy Kensley McKie Lime spatula Wood, traces of lime and red pigment 19th century
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Nicolas Africano Lime spatula Ebony, lime 19th century
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Settle from the William B. Greene House, Aurora, Illinois, Office of Frank Lloyd Wright  (Made by), circa 1910, Oak with leather upholstery seat
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Settle from the William B. Greene House, Aurora, Illinois, Office of Frank Lloyd Wright  (Made by), circa 1910, Oak with leather upholstery seat
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Lighting Fixture, Charles Sumner Greene (United States (California, Pasadena), 1868 - 1957) , 1907, Mahogany, glass, leather (replaced)
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Cook’s Cabinet, Charles Sumner Greene (United States (California, Pasadena), 1868 - 1957) , 1906, Port Orford cedar
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Cook’s Cabinet, Charles Sumner Greene (United States (California, Pasadena), 1868 - 1957) , 1906, Port Orford cedar
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Nicolas Africano Lime spatula Black palm wood, pearl shell, red ochre, lime 19th–early 20th century
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Table from the Hall of the Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena, California, Charles Sumner Greene (United States (California, Pasadena), 1868 - 1957) , 1907, Teak and ebony
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Cabinet from the Hall of the Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena, California, Charles Sumner Greene (United States (California, Pasadena), 1868 - 1957) , 1907, Teak and ebony
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Lantern from the Henry M. Robinson House, Pasadena, Charles Sumner Greene (United States (California, Pasadena), 1868 - 1957) , 1906, Steel and slag glass
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Hall Armchair from the Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena, California, Charles Sumner Greene (United States (California, Pasadena), 1868 - 1957) , 1907, Teak, oak, and leather (replaced)
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Living Room Armchair of the Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena, California, Charles Sumner Greene (United States (California, Pasadena), 1868 - 1957) , 1907, Mahogany, ebony, oak, and replaced upholstery
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Mirror from the Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena, California, Charles Sumner Greene (United States (California, Pasadena), 1868 - 1957) , 1907, Teak, ebony, pine, glass, leather (replaced)
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Bedroom Cabinet from the Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena, Charles Sumner Greene (United States (California, Pasadena), 1868 - 1957) , 1907, Mahogany, ebony, oak, boxwood, copper, silver-plated steel, and abalone
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Walter L. Greene - Thoroughbreds 1927 oil on canvas Albany Institute of History and Art American
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Bedroom Rocking Chair from the Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena, Charles Sumner Greene (United States (California, Pasadena), 1868 - 1957) , 1907, Mahogany, ebony, oak, boxwood, copper, silver-plated steel, abalone, and cotton upholstery
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Bedroom Rocking Chair from the Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena (Two of a pair), Charles Sumner Greene (United States (California, Pasadena), 1868 - 1957) , 1907, Honduras mahogany, ebony, oak, boxwood, copper, silver-plated steel, abalone, cotton uphol
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Graham Greene, Gerhard Richter (Germany, Dresde, born 1932) , 1998, Gelatin-silver print mounted on aluminum, and transverse mounted onto plexiglas, with accompanying name plate
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Light Fixture from the Dining Room of the Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena, California, Charles Sumner Greene (United States (California, Pasadena), 1868 - 1957) , 1907, Honduras mahogany, ebony, leaded glass, and leather (replaced)
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Light Fixture from the Dining Room of the Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena, California, Charles Sumner Greene (United States (California, Pasadena), 1868 - 1957) , 1907, Honduras mahogany, ebony, leaded glass, and leather (replaced)
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©Yousuf Karsh ; Yousuf Karsh, Canadian (born in Armenia) 1908 Graham Greene USA, 1964 Photograph,
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Pieter Claesz., Dutch, 1597-1598–1661 Still Life with Wine Goblet and Oysters 1630s Oil on panel
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Ball Gown, spring/summer 1948 Designed by Cristobal Balenciaga (French, born Spain, 1895-1972)French; Made Paris, Francesilk,
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Edward Greene Malbone, American, 1777-1807 Portrait of a Young Man 1797-1807 Graphite pencil over wash
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John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815 The Copley Family about 1788 Oil on canvas 52.07 x
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Elizabeth B. Greene, American, 1837-1915 Roses 1890s Oil on canvas mounted on paperboard Museum of

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (32)
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Photographers' Gallery: Milton H. Greene: Portraits of an Era
Along with Irving Penn, Richard Avedon and Cecil Beaton, Greene helped to turn fashion photography into an art form. However, it was his photographs of Hollywood's greatest icons of the 1950s, from Marilyn Monroe to Elizabeth Taylor and Frank ...
Plus Ultra Gallery: Salon Style: An Exhibition of Photography
Representing a broad range of innovative photographic techniques, the work in Salon Style is unified conceptually through a shared exploration of the relationship between landscapes and objects. Sometimes front-and-center, sometimes quite ob...
Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists (CSOPA): Call for Artists: Faces of Winter 2008
Download Artist Prospectus & Workshop Registration at www.csopa.org or send SASE to M. Delafontaine,  29 Legendary Circle, Rye Brook, N.Y.10573. Questions to: CSocietyopa@aol.com. ...
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston: Faux, Foe, Pho: Work from Houston High Schools
Last year's Teen Council Exhibition, Lather, Rinse, Repeat: Work from Houston Area High Schools, featured the works of 29 artists and was accompanied by special programs for high school students. This exhibition will be accompanied by a P...
Art Gallery of Ontario: Modigliani: Beyond the Myth
The exhibition will demonstrate how the artist’s highly focused body of work - consisting almost entirely of portraiture - reflects this intellectual, religious, and political heritage, despite his uniquely modernist style. Incudes painting...
Dayton Art Institute: Go Figure: Exploring The Human Body In Art
The Art Institute's new Experiencenter exhibition, Go Figure: Exploring the Human Body in Art, will invite all ages to explore how the human figure is depicted in western and non-western cultures. The Mead Corporation Foundation is pleased to spon...
Stedelijk Museum: Docking Station: Josef Strau – Voices and Substitutes
Strau´s texts are rapidly written, unpredictable and ever-changing. Sometimes plucked out of the air in a style reminiscent of the Surrealists’ ‘écriture automatique’, sometimes based on earlier written materials. In Amsterdam, his installation wi...
Museum of Fine Art, Houston: Diego Rivera: Art and Revolution

More than 90 paintings and drawings in a variety of media, including paintings rarely or never exhibited in the United States, are being lent by museums and ...
Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Madisonville Community College: Reviving Renaissance: Paintings by Tom Kennedy
Tom has produced award-winning work as an illustrator, graphic designer and artist since 1976. His work has been commissioned by major corporations, public institutions and individuals for its sensitive portraiture and montage work involvin...
QUT Art Museum: The Brisbane Line: Queensland Women Artists of the Early Twentieth Century
The exhibition, which provides a diversity of inspiration from nineteenth-century moody impressionism and urban spaces of Brisbane to portraits of fashionable women of the ‘flapper’ era, has been co-curated by Robyn Daw, Manager, Education, National ...
Laurence Miller Gallery: The Abstracted Landscape : Work by 4 International Artists
Peter Bialobrzeski, in his series Lost in Transition, photographs rapid urbanization and industrialization by taking very long exposures, which create other-worldly colors and lighting not visible to the naked eye. Stephane Couturier embraces the...
Plug In: Archigram: Experimental Architecture 1961-1974 - Warren Chalk, Peter Cook, Dennis Crompton, David Greene, Ron Herron and Michael Webb
Their fresh and cheeky photocollage resonated with pop imagery, revitalizing the way we imagine modern living. All their projects were presented in a colourful pop style which challenged the serious and institutional approach favoured by archit...
Jewish Museum: Modigliani: Beyond the Myth
Known primarily for his paintings of reclining nudes and his portraits with elegantly elongated features, Modigliani was an anomaly among the artists (many of them foreign-born Jews) who were active in the Parisian avant-garde in the early 20th ce...
Subject Matter Gallery: Collabro: Collaborations by over 68 Artists
The "Collabro" artists have teamed up in groups of two or more to create work all captured and connected in one gallery. Collaborative art pieces will have their artists revealed at the show opening. The show was curated by Poor Al and includes Jo...
Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.: FUTURE TIME
An all-day symposium - December 3, 1999, 9:30 - 6:00 p.m. Taipei Theater Auditorium, New York, NY, (Lower level of the McGraw-Hill Building 1221 Avenue of the Americas - btw 48/49th Streets - 212 373-1854). Pre-Registration via email by: **...
New Museum of Contemporary Art: Killer Instinct in the Zenith Media Lounge
The time-based nature of Johnson's game software allows these two characters to interact dynamically without a proscribed outcome. In Heaven @ 711, Anne-Marie Schleiner turns the DJ aspects of hip hop music into a stunning, formalist arcade-style...
Grounds for Sculpture: The Sculptors Guild: A Group Exhibition
Sculptures by the following contemporary artists are on view: David Boyajian, Leonard Cave, Ann Chahbandour, Joan Danziger, David E. Davis, Fritz Dietel, Jo o Duarte, Nick Edmonds, Lin Emery, Joseph Fucigna, Don Gale, Irene Gennaro, Lucy Hodgso...
Grounds for Sculpture: Last Chance! The Sculptors Guild: A Group Exhibition

Sculptures by the following contemporary artists are on view: David Boyajian, Leonard Cave, Ann Chahbandour, Joan Danziger, David E. Davis, Fritz Dietel, Jo o Duarte, Nick Edmonds, Lin Emery, Joseph Fucigna, Don Gale, Irene Gennaro, Lucy Hod...
Daniel Kany Gallery: Benjamin Lambert: Fish-Birds and a Snail
Lambert describes this body of work: “All of the works in the show are glazed ceramic. There is a huge range in method: high and low fire, oxidation, reduction, wood, gas, and electric kiln firing. The pieces come together through content: they ar...
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: In Joseph Havel: A Decade of Sculpture 1996-2006
The MFAH organized the exhibition with guest curator Peter Doroshenko, director of the BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, Northern England, and former senior curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Alison de Lima Greene, cur...
Urban Glass, Robert Lehman Gallery: Jeffrey Sarmiento: Encyclopaedia
The title work, Encyclopædia, is the beginning of a five-year project to record his adjustment to life in Northeast England, where he currently works. The stacked and fused blocks of glass visualize the volumes of collected knowledge. Capturing l...
Salomon Contemporary: FOUR AT THE START curated by Alice Aycock
Included in this exhibition are photographic documentations of Duets on Ice, a very early piece by Laurie Anderson first executed in 1972 in Rome. One of her most-cited performances, Duets on Ice involved her playing the violin along with a record...
Urban Glass, Robert Lehman Gallery: Illuminating Surfaces: Bisazza and the Art of Mosaic
“We are thrilled to be able to partner with Bisazza to present this dynamic show,” said Dawn Bennett, executive director of UrbanGlass, “In the realm of Italian glass mosaic art, Bisazza has distinguished itself globally not only for producing the...
Sanford Smith: Fall Antiques Show
The Fall Antiques Show gathers 70 outstanding dealers from all over the United States, including Carl Hammer Gallery (Chicago, IL) with masterworks by American self-taught artists; Kathryn Bere...
GenArtSF: Fifth Annual Emerge 2002 Showcasing Promising Local Talent in the Visual Arts
The record number of submissions for this year‚s Emerge 2002 (more than 300) was encouraging, and proves that the high price of living in the Bay Area hasn‚t deterred young emerging artists from living and working here. The quality of work was rem...
Tabla Rasa Gallery: Project Diversity: SPArC Art! 
Director of Tabla Rasa Gallery, Audrey Anastasi says, "We are thrilled to be among the 16 host galleries of this project. It truly reflects Brooklyn's rich cultural mix. The artwork is teeming with exuberance. We want everyone to know they are we...
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft: Visions from Voices: Artwork Inspired by Kentucky Poetry, Prose and Songwriting
Kentucky has a long and rich history of prose, poetry and song-writing. Robert Penn Warren was the first Poet Laureate of the United States. William Wells Brown (1814-1884) was America's first Black novelist. A. B. Guthrie (1901-1991) was awarded ...
Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery: Shirley Wiitasalo, Candida Höfer, Christine Davis
In one sense, after 1990 Shirley Wiitasalo simply reduced her variables: the paintings have become noticeably smaller, her colours fewer (often to the point of monochromy) and what she paints can usually be summed up in a single word: the name of ...
Saint Louis Art Museum: Action-Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning and American Art, 1940–1976
Beginning in the 1940s, Pollock and de Kooning created paintings and sculptures that catapulted American art onto the international stage. In magazines as diverse as Partisan Review, The Nation, ARTnews and Vogue, Greenberg and Rosenberg wrote inc...
Jewish Museum: ALIAS MAN RAY : THE ART OF REINVENTION
The Jewish Museum will present Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention from November 15, 2009 through March 14, 2010, a major exhibition considering how the artist‚s life and career were shaped by his turn-of-the-century American Jewish immigrant ex...
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Kenneth Noland: The Nature of Color
The optical sensation of color is the primary subject of Kenneth Noland’s work. “I wanted color to be the origin of painting,” the artist has stated. A seminal figure of Color Field Painting in the late 1950s, Noland balances strict formalism wit...
Art 33 Basel: Art 33 Basel: The Center of the International Art World
The 'Art Unlimited' hall shows special art projects and now also features a lounge uniting an art bookshop, a video library and the E-Lounge, which provides a place for artists to mingle with the public. Over 50,000 visitors (2001: 55,000 visitors...

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