Blashfield
EDWIN HOWLAND, an American artist, born in New York City, Dec. 16, 1848; studied in Paris under Léon Bonnat; and began exhibiting in the Paris Salon in 1874. He returned to the United States in 1881, and has since distinguished himself by the execution of large decorative works. Among his noteworthy productions in this line are one of the domes of the Manufacturers' Building in the World's Columbian Exposition, the great Central Dome of the Library of Congress, and the new apartment of the Appellate Court in New York City; besides ceiling and panel work in clubs and residences. He decorated the Baltimore Court House, Iowa State Capitol, Great Hall, University of New York, Wisconsin State Capitol, etc. He lectured on art at Yale, Harvard, and Columbia, and was the author, with Mrs. Blashfield of "Italian Cities."
Author "Mural Painting in America" (1913).
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