Artist

Henry Schnakenberg

born New Brighton, NY 1892-died Newtown, CT 1970
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Henry Schnakenberg, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0002159
Also known as
  • Henry E. Schnakenberg
  • H. E. Schnakenberg
  • Henry Ernest Schnakenberg
Born
New Brighton, New York, United States
Died
Newtown, Connecticut, United States
Nationalities
  • American
Biography

Painter. He was a realist known for his renderings of New York's Central Park and other bucolic cityscapes. The tone of his paintings is detached and understated.

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)