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George Burroughs Torrey (1863–1942) was an American painter, best known for his portraits. He has been called the "painter of presidents", because he painted portraits of Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Herbert Hoover.〔Peter Hastings Falk. ''Who Was Who in American Art''. Sound View Press. 1999. ISBN 978-0-932087-57-7〕〔David W. Forbes. ''Encounters With Paradise: Views of Hawaii and Its People, 1778-1941''. University of Hawaii, Honolulu. 1992. ISBN 978-0-8248-1440-3〕〔 == Biography == He was born in the old Astor House in New York City. His parents were Joseph and Harriet Louise Burroughs. He had his first studio at 543 Fifth Avenue, where he drew and painted portraits. He moved to Paris, and had a studio there by 1893, just two doors from the Hungarian painter Mihály Munkácsy, on the Boulevard Malesherbes, and began his studies with Léon Bonnat, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Alfred Philippe Roll. Roll used to come into his studio twice a week to criticise his work. In 1895, he exhibited his first salon portrait. He was particularly impressed with and influenced by the work of the portrait painter Carolus-Duran and the mural painter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes〔 Torrey returned to New York in the spring of 1897, still retaining his Paris studio, where he spent six months of each year until 1906,〔 He gave an exhibition at the Waldorf-Astoria and in the fall of 1897, he started leasing a studio at 543 Fifth Avenue.〔 In the summer of 1902, he painted his first portrait of King George I of Greece at Aix-les-Bains, which now hangs in the palace at Athens. Two years later, he painted another portrait of George I of Greece, who presented it to his sister, Queen Alexandra of England. This portrait hung in the queen's private apartments at Buckingham Palace. When the second portrait was completed, the King gave a dinner in honor of Torrey at Aix-les-Bains and awarded him the Order of the Savior,〔〔 and at the same time expressed his wish that Torrey go to Athens and paint a portrait of Queen Olga.〔 The portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt was painted for Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton, who wished to present it to the city of Chicago, his former home. Secretary Morton had his own portrait painted by Torrey for the Navy Department.〔 For a long time, Torrey lived at 27 East 35th Street.〔 His house featured a "Pompeian Hall" that was decorated with vines and a Louis Quinze room. He hosted lavish dinners and vaudeville entertainment for guests such as the opera singers Geraldine Farrar, Antonio Scotti and Enrico Caruso. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Burroughs Torrey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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