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Watercolor sketch of Forest Avenue (now Broadway) in Parsons, Kansas, by Jules Tavernier. Tavernier was born in Paris in 1844 and trained as an artist in France. He served as a soldier in the Franco-Prussian War, and his drawings of war-torn Paris were flown by hot air balloon to London for publication. After the war he worked as an illustrator in London and then in New York for Harper's Weekly. In 1872, Harper's sent him on a trip across the United States on an assignment to document the American West. This piece was executed in 1873 and shows a scene Tavernier saw in Parsons while on that trip. He arrived in San Francisco in 1874. Tavernier went on to be a well-known artist in California before moving to Hawaii, where he was part of a group of artists known as the Volcano School. He died in Honolulu in 1889.
Creator: Tavernier, Jules
Date: 1873
Item Number: 316287
Call Number: 1981.146.0
KSHS Identifier: 1981.146.0
Collections - Museum - Main gallery - Town Development
Date - 1870s - 1873
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Picture - Documentary
People - Notable People - Tavernier, Jules
Places - Cities and towns - Parsons
Places - Counties - Labette
Type of Material - Art objects - Original art - Paintings
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