Adam Emory Albright (1862 -1957)

Born in Monroe, Wisconsin, Adam Albright was one of the first students at the Art Institute of Chicago under Henry Fenton Spread and John Vanderpoel. From 1883 to 1886, Albright studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art with Thomas Eakins, and continued his studies in Paris and Munich. Eventually, he established his own studio in Chicago and became active in the Chicago Watercolor Club and the Chicago Academy of Design. Albright is known for his portraits, landscapes and still-life paintings in an impressionist style. It was Albright's images of children in the rural environment of mid-western America that brought him to the forefront of the Chicago art scene.

The work of Adam Emory Albright was extensively exhibited nationwide throughout his lifetime. Today, Adam Emory Albright paintings can be viewed in the many museums and private collections a including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.