Philip Leslie Hale (1865-1931)

Philip Leslie Hale was an American🎨 Impressionist artist, writer and teacher.

Hale was born in Boston, the son of prominent minister Edward Everett Hale, the brother of artist Ellen Day Hale, and was related to Nathan Hale and Harriet Beecher Stowe.

He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston under Edmund Tarbell🎨, and with Kenyon Cox and J. Alden Weir at the Art Students League of New York.

Beginning in 1887 he studied in Paris for five years, and during the summers painted at Giverny, where he was influenced by the palette and brushwork of Claude Monet🎨.

In the 1890s he painted his most experimental works, which evidenced an interest in Neo-impressionism and Symbolism.

Hale returned to Boston in 1893. Formerly engaged to Ethel Reed, he instead married fellow artist Lilian Westcott Hale in 1902, and they rented adjoining studios in Boston.

Hale taught at the Museum School in Boston, as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; among his Boston pupils was Mary Bradish Titcomb.

He wrote art criticism and published Jan Vermeer of Delft🎨 in 1913, the first monograph on the artist published in the United States. | © Wikipedia

Philip Leslie Hale fu un artista, scrittore ed insegnante impressionista Americano🎨.

Hale è nato a Boston, figlio dell'eminente ministro Edward Everett Hale, fratello dell'artista Ellen Day Hale, ed era imparentato con Nathan Hale e Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Ha studiato alla School of the Museum of Fine Arts di Boston con Edmund Tarbell🎨, e con Kenyon Cox e J. Alden Weir alla Art Students League di New York.

A partire dal 1887 studiò a Parigi per cinque anni e durante le estati dipinse a Giverny, dove fu influenzato dalla tavolozza e dal pennello di Claude Monet🎨.

Negli anni 1890 dipinse le sue opere più sperimentali che evidenziavano un interesse per il neo-impressionismo ed il simbolismo. Hale tornò a Boston nel 1893.

Precedentemente fidanzato con Ethel Reed, sposò invece il collega artista Lilian Westcott Hale nel 1902, ed affittarono studi adiacenti a Boston.

Hale ha insegnato alla Museum School di Boston, al Metropolitan Museum of Art e alla Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; tra i suoi allievi di Boston c'era Mary Bradish Titcomb.

Scrisse critiche artistiche e pubblicò Jan Vermeer🎨 di Delft nel 1913, la prima monografia sull'artista pubblicata negli Stati Uniti.