Bailey, Vernon Howe

1873

Camden, New Jersey

Pennsylvania School of Art
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art

Vernon Howe Bailey (1874-1953) was an American artist, born at Camden, N. J., who studied at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Mr. Bailey's special subject was city streets in Europe and America. The best known of his drawings are his sketches in pencil of London. Bailey was the first artist privileged by the United States government on the declaration of war to make drawings of navy yards, munition factories, and other centres of war work. These drawings appeared in exhibitions and were published in the leading magazines throughout the country. The Hispanic Society has a collection of 150 drawings which Mr. Bailey made of Spain, and the Musée de la Guerre of France contains a collection of lithographs of American war subjects. Besides his work as a newspaper artist in London and America, Mr. Bailey illustrated many books. - Wikipedia

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