Louis Benton Akin (1868-1913)

Louis Benton Akin (1868-1913) [RA 1913]
American artist ;
L. B. Akin ; L.B. Akin ; Louis B. Akin ; L. Benton Akin ; Louis Akin ;
[Born June 6, 1868 in Corballis, Benton, OR – died January 2, 1813 in Flagstaff, Coconino, AZ]

 

SAL record control number: 63482 ;

Record level: Person ;

Record type: Artist ;

 

Biography:

Birth: June 6, 1868 in Corballis, Benton, OR ;
Death: January 2, 1813 in Flagstaff, Coconino, AZ of  pneumonia;
Sex: Male ;
Ethnicity: White ; 
Zodiac:
Gemini ;

Known for: Painting of AZ landscape ; Paintings of Native Americans ; Paintings of Hopi indigenous people ; murals ;
Medium: Oil ; plaster;
Technique: Painting ; fresco ; drawing ; illustration ;
Subjects: Hopi indigenous people ; native people ; landscapes ; desert ; mountains ; Grand Canyon ; horses ;

Areas: Benton, OR (1868-1870) ; Washington, OR (1870-1897) ; New York, NY (1897-1903, 1904-1910) ; Niagara, NY (1910) ; Oraibi, AZ (1903-1904) ; Glacier National Park, MT ; Fraser River area of British Columbia, Canada (1909) ; Flagstaff, Coconino, AZ (1906-1913) ; Chicago, IL (1907) ; Mesa, AZ ;
Region: South West ; North East ; West ;
Lived: Benton, OR (1868-1870) ; Washington, OR (1870-1897) ; West 24th Street, New York, NY (1900) ; West 67th Street, New York, NY (1910) ; Babbitt Brothers store, Flagstaff, AZ, slept on the floor ; Flagstaff, Coconino, AZ (1906-1913) ;
Father: James Akin Jr (1833-1880) ;
Mother: Samatha Caroline T (Kelley) Akin (1844-1880) ;
Relatives: Flora Adeline Akin (1861-?), half-sister ;
Spouse: Mary “Mai” Richie (Reed) Akin-Henderson (1886-1970), wife, married August 27, 1910 in Niagara, NY, was also an arti student of his in Flagstaff, AZ (1910-1915) ;
Children: 

Training: Public school educated ; Chase Art School, New York, NY under William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) and Frank Vincent DuMond (1865-1951) (1900 – for a few months) ;
Instructors:
Work: Commission from the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 2-year 60 ft long panel with several smaller panels of the Hopi & mesas mural (1910-1912) ; Worked for outdoor magazines as an illustrator (1897-1900) ; Harper’s Weekly, New York, NY, illustrations (1901) ; Santa Fe Railway, Pueblo, CO, sent to paint the Hopi people in Oraibi, AZ (1903) ;

Taught:
Students:

Member: Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, member (?-1913), was poor and may have been more unofficially a member ;
Exhibited with: Clausen Gallery, New York, NY, one man show (1904/5) ; Chicago exhibition, Chicago, IL (1907), showing a year’s worth of work on the Hopi people ;
Awards: Honorary member of the Hopi tribe, AZ ;

Milestones: George Glenn Newell (1870-1947), shared studio with artist in New York, NY ; Close friends with fellow Salmagundian’s Cyrus Bates Currier (1868-1946), Arthur James Emery Powell (1864-1956) & George Glenn Newell (1870-1947) ; Suffered from Tuberculosis ; El Tovar Hotel, Grand Canyon, 1907, most popular and famous work ; Focuses on landscape from (1907 until his death) ; Suffered from mental depression ; Book on the artist Color and light : the Southwest canvases of Louis Akin (Flagstaff, Northland Press, 1973) ;

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Document information

Document permalink:
http://salmagundi.org/artist/?p=63482

Digital-born document number:
SAL.2019.63482

Digital document provenance:
Original compiled and researched document by the Salmagundi.

Document license:
Creative Commons Corporation  shareAlike (sa) license.  Some of the information contained within this document may hold further publication restrictions depending on final use.  It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine.

Image license:
The author of this artwork died more than 70 years ago. According to U.S. Copyright Law, copyright expires 70 years after the author’s death. In other countries, legislation may differ.

Record birth date:
January 1, 1913

Last updated: February 18, 2023 at 13:25 pm

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