Everett Shinn Paintings
American, 1876-1953
Everett Shinn, a future member of the Eight and remarkable, rather theatrical personality was born at Woodstown, New Jersey in 1873. Even more recent sources give 1876 as the year of Everett Shinn's birth (Zurier, Snyder, and Mecklenburg, 1995, p. 224) but the artist usually lied about his age to appear younger than he actually was. Edith DeShazo (1974, errata sheet) claimed that information from family members established the date of November 6, 1876 as Shinn's birthday. But if this is true, he would have enrolled at the Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia to study industrial art at the age of twelve. Born to a Quaker named Isaiah Conklin Shinn and Josephine Ransley Shinn, Everett was their third child. He enjoyed a happy childhood as an undisciplined boy fond of sweets, acrobatics, and the circus (DeShazo, 1974, pp. 15-17).
Shinn opted for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for instruction in the fall of 1893, and began as a staff artist for the Philadelphia Press. At that time William Glackens was working there as well, while John Sloan was at the Inquirer. A year later, Glackens was at the Press, and also, in 1894, George Luks joined the staff there. As DeShazo explained (1974, p. 29), "the Press art department became a meeting place for men both on the staff and off with similar artistic and literary interests." Members of the same group also met at Robert Henri's studio. By 1897, Shinn was in New York, working for the New York World where Luks had been for about a year. The rest of the "Philadelphia Four" (artist-reporters) would follow them before long.
Shinn spent much of 1898 hounding the offices of Harper's until finally, the editor and publisher, Colonel George Harvey saw his portfolio, then commissioned a view of the Old Metropolitan Opera House in a snowstorm. The pastel appeared about a year later in the February 17th issue of Harper's Weekly, in 1900. Meanwhile, Shinn kept busy with decorative work (murals, screens, and door panels) at private residences and even in Trenton, New Jersey's City Hall. In 1899, the Boussod-Valadon Galleries gave Shinn his first one-man show. He continued to carry out commissions for illustrations (see Bullard, 1968). Shinn began exhibiting at the Pennsylvania Academy (1899-1908) and at the Art Institute of Chicago (1903-43).to
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Artist: Everett Shinn
Couple Sitting Among Lanterns, Cover for Vanity Fair
By Everett Shinn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pastel, Gouache, and Black Crayon on Paperboard
Sight Size 22.88" x 17.50", Framed 31.75" x 26.50"
Signature: Signed EVERETT SHINN and Dated
Vanity Fair Cover...
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1910s Everett Shinn Paintings
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Hearts Unreasoning, by Sarah Bernhardt The First of Six Romances of the French S
By Everett Shinn
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Hearts Unreasoning, by Sarah Bernhardt The First of Six Romances of the French Stage -
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Beware of False Prophets
By Everett Shinn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Book illustration for the 1946 edition of The Sermon on the Mount published by the John C. Winston Company (Philadelphia).
Signed and dated 'EVERETT SHINN 1945' bottom center left
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1940s Everett Shinn Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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- Why is Everett Shinn famous?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025Everett Shinn is famous for his paintings and because he was an important member of the Eight, a group of artists who produced Urban Realist works during the early 20th century. Some of his most notable works include The White Ballet, Spanish Music Hall, Keith's Union Square and Revue. Explore a range of Everett Shinn art on 1stDibs.