Henry Hammond Ahl
1869-1953
Henry Hammond Ahl
(American, 1869-1953)
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Henry Hammond Ahl was born in East Hartford, CT in 1869. By age 17 he was a skilled oil painter. During his early career he traveled and established studios in Washington DC, New York City, and Boston. He painted portraits, religious murals and landscapes. His scenes of New England were reproduced commercially as calendars and cards, bringing him success by 1900. He was also exhibiting widely. Ahl was best known for his atmospheric woodland scenes in a Barbizon or Tonalist manner, but later he adopted a bright atmospheric palette. His work can be found in private and public collections through the United States including the Whistler Memorial Home in Lowell, Massachusetts, and in church murals in Boston and Providence.
Studied
Royal Acad., Munich, Germany, with Alexander Wagner, Franz Stuck, 1889; Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, with Gerome; Peter Paul Muller.
Member
Am. APL; Copley S.; SC; CAFA.
Exhibited
Munich Royal Acad. (prize); NAD; AWCS; Wash. A. Cl.; PAFA; BMFA; Boston A. Cl.; Soc. Wash. Artists, 1903; Wash. WCC, 1917; WMA; Hartford Atheneum; CGA; North Shore AA; Cushing House Museum, Newburyport, Mass., 1897; Doll & Richard Gal., Boston; Vose Gal., Boston; AIC, 1917, 1919.
Work
WMA; Springfield (Mass.) A. Mus.; L.D.M. Sweat Mem. Mus., Portland Me.; Whistler Mem. Home, Lowell, Mass; Vanderpoel Coll.; Wellesley Col.; Church murals in Boston (MA) and Providence (R.I.)
Resources
Who’s Who in American Art, 66; Askart.