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Edwin Howland Blashfield: A Beaux Arts Visionary Edwin Howland Blashfield (December 5, 1848 – October 12, 1936) was an American painter and muralist who achieved lasting renown for his monumental contributions to civic art during the American Renaissance. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he possessed a rare blend of artistic training—classical European apprenticeship combined with meticulous observation of nature—that underpinned his disti…
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