02 Works of Art, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #147

Henry Bayley Snell (American, PA, NY, 1858 - 1943)
Ship at Sail
Pencil and Watercolor on Paper
2.25" x 3.75"
Private collection

Henry Bayley Snell (1858–1943) was an American Impressionist painter and educator. Snell's paintings are in museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Snell was born on September 29, 1858 in Richmond, England. In 1875 he emigrated to the New York City where he studied at the Art Students League. Snell supported himself in the 1880s by producing marine scenes at the Photoengraving Company. 

In 1899 Snell began teaching at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, where he remained until 1943. He was an influential teacher, instructing several of the founding members of the Philadelphia Ten, including Theresa Bernstein.


Henry Bayley Snell (American, PA, NY, 1858 - 1943)
Steam and Sailboat, c. 1899
Pencil and Watercolor on Paper
3.75" x 5.75"
Ptivate collection

In 1921 he co-founded, with Frank Leonard Allen, the "Boothbay Studios" in Boothbay Harbor, Maine which operated as a summer school.

Snell exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy, the Art Club of Philadelphia, and the Salmagundi Club in New York. He was awarded both gold and silver medals at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition of 1915.

Snell died in New Hope, Pennsylvania on January 17, 1943. More on Henry Bayley Snell





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