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Shinn (EVERETT an American artist)

EVERETT, an American artist, born in Woodstown, N. J., in 1873.

He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Ar Arts, Philadelphia, and in Paris, where he was influenced chiefly by Degas. At first devoting himself to working in pastel colors, he later gained rapid recognition for his mural paintings and magazine illustrations. The most important of the former are to be found in the Trenton, N. J., city hall, in several New York City theaters, and in numerous private residences. He was a fre- Shinto