(Robert) Bruce Crane (1857-1937) [RA 1888-1937]
American Tonalist landscape painter, draughtsman and teacher ;
Robert Bruce Crane ; R. B. Crane ; Robert B. Crane ; R. Bruce Crane ; Bruce Crane ; Robert Crane ; Rob Crane ;
[Born October 17, 1856 in New York, NY – died October 30, 1937 in New York, NY]

SAL record control number: 65388 ;

Record level: Person ;

Record type: Artist ;

Biography:

Birth: October 17, 1856 in New York, NY ;
Death: October 30, 1937 in New York, NY of a heart ailment ;
Sex: Male ;
Ethnicity: White ; 
Zodiac: Libra ;

Known for: Landscapes ; marsh landscapes ; Tonalist landscapes ;
Medium: Oil ; pastel ;
Technique: Painting ; drawing ;
Subjects: Rural landscape ; landscapes ; Tonalist landscapes ; Old Lyme landscapes ; Old Lyme ;

Areas: New York, NY ; New York Ward 9 District 5, New York, NY (1860-1870) ; Elizabeth, NJ (1874) ; Art colony at Grez-sur-Loring, France (1882) ; Eastchester, Westchester, New York, NY (1914-1920) ; Bronxville, Westchester, New York, NY (1930) ; Adirondacks, NY ; Mohawk Valley, NY ; Old Lyme, CT ; NJ ; East Hampton, Long Island, New York, NY (Summer 1880, Summer 1881) ;
Region: North East ;
Lived: New York, NY ; Stubin Road, Eastchester, Westchester, New York, NY (1920-1925) ; Pondfield Road West, Bronxville, Westchester, New York, NY (1930) ;
Father: Solomon “Sol” Bruce Crane (1826-1910), a carpenter ;
Mother: Mary Ann Crane (1823-1911) ;
Relatives: Harriet La Port (1887-?), servant ;
Spouse: Jennie Jane (Coughtry Sipperly) Crane (1850-1916), first wife ; Ann Burchard Brainerd (1873-1948), second wife, married November 15, 1904 in Troy, NY ;
Children: Albert Bruce Crane (1904-1962), son ; Bruce Crane (?-1939) ; Ann F M Crane (1919- ;

Training: New York Public Schools, New York, NY ; Privately under his father, Solomon Bruce Crane (1826-1910) (possibly) ; Under Alexander Helwig Wyant (1836-1892) (1876-1877) ; Art Students’ League of New York, New York, NY (1878-1882) ; Art colony at Grez-sur-Loring, France (1882, for 1-1/2 years) ;
Instructors: Alexander Helwig Wyant (1836-1892) ;
Work:

Taught: Privately in his own studio, Old Lyme, CT ;
Students:

Member: National Arts Club, New York, NY, member ; Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, resident artist member, president ; Union Internationale des Beaux-Arts et des Lettres, Paris, France, member ; National Academy of Design, New York, NY, member ; American Water Color Society, New York, NY, member ; Society of American Artists, New York, NY, member ; Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY, member ; Lotus Club, New York, NY, member ; Artists’ Fund Society, New York, NY, member ;
Exhibited with: National Arts Club, New York, NY ; Salmagundi Club, New York, NY ; Union Internationale des Beaux-Arts et des Lettres, Paris, France ; National Academy of Design, New York, NY ; American Water Color Society, New York, NY ; Society of American Artists, New York, NY ; Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY ;
Awards: Webb Prize, Landscape ;

Milestones: Friends and traveled with: Birge Harrison, Kenyon Cox, and Alexander Wyant to Art colony at Grez-sur-Loring, France (1882) ;

Notes:
– Artist was 5-9-3/4 inches tall with gray eyes ;