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
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)

Works by this artist (3 items)

Roberta Williamson, You're Perfect, 1998, hand fabricated, pierced, formed, soldered, bezel set sterling silver, crystal, lithograph, paper, ink, polychrome, steel, plastic, carnelian, brass, and wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Richard T. Evans Fund, 2000.4
You’re Perfect
Date1998
hand fabricated, pierced, formed, soldered, bezel set sterling silver, crystal, lithograph, paper, ink, polychrome, steel, plastic, carnelian, brass, and wood
Not on view
David Williamson, Roberta Williamson, Ring #34 (ring), 2008, sterling silver, paper with a printed image, and quartz crystal, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Susan Beech Collection, 2024.50.96, Photo by Robert Diamante
Ring #34 (ring)
Date2008
sterling silver, paper with a printed image, and quartz crystal
Not on view