Overview
Thomas Allibone Janvier (July 16, 1849 - June 18, 1913) was an American story-writer and historian, born in Philadelphia of Proven?al descent.Thomas Allibone Janvier (July 16, 1849 - June 18, 1913) was an American story-writer and historian, born in Philadelphia of Proven?al descent.Janvier went to New York in 1881. From 1884-94, he lived in the Washington Square district of New York. A few years after arriving, he published the Ivory Black Stories, tales of artist life, which were reprinted in book form in 1885 as Color Studies. In them he pictured the life and color of what was then considered the Latin quarter of the city, with the old-fashioned French restaurants, the artist colony to the north, and the studios in Tenth Street where Abbey, Millet, F. Hopkinson Smith, Laffan and others made the Tile Club famous. He published many stories and articles in Harper's Magazine.
- | Author: Thomas Allibone Janvier
- | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Apr 12, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 118 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1545320225
- | ISBN-13: 9781545320228
