Artist

Harrington Fitzgerald

born Philadelphia, PA 1847-died Williamstown, PA 1930
Born
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died
Williamstown, Pennsylvania, United States
Nationalities
  • American
Biography

Harrington Fitzgerald was managing director of the Philadelphia Item newspaper for almost thirty years, but spent his free time painting landscapes and marine pictures. As a teenager, he studied with John Singer Sargent in Philadelphia, then traveled to Paris to learn from the European painters Gérôme and Fortuny. Fitzgerald was president of the American Art Society and also collected portraits of notable Philadelphians. (“H. Fitzgerald Dies; Veteran Editor,” New York Times, September 18, 1930)