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Henry Alexander
American, 1860–1894
Henry Alexander was an American Realism painter. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Henry Alexander was born in San Francisco.
Henry Alexander (1860 – May 15, 1894) was an American painter from San Francisco. He left San Francisco for New York City in 1887, but he suffered from recurring money troubles and alcoholism. On May 15, 1894, his money troubles led him to commit suicide by swallowing oxalic acid in the Oriental Hotel Following his death, many of his works were destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
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