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Crane (ROBERT BRUCE an American)

ROBERT BRUCE, an American painter. He was born in New York in 1857, receiving his first lessons under Alexander Wyant, and later studying in Europe. He devoted his talent in the main to the portrayal of landscapes, such subjects as plowed fields and meadows covered with snow attract- CRANE ing him. Interesting examples of his work are "Autumn" (National Gallery, Washington); "Autumn Uplands" (Metropolitan, New York); "March" (Brooklyn Museum), "Springtime" (Peabody Institute, Baltimore); "The Hills," which won the Saltus prize (National Academy).

He was a member of the National Academy of Design and American Water Color Society.

THE CROWNED CRANE