Frank Henry Shapleigh

1842 Born in Boston, Massachusetts

c. 1860 Studied painting at the Lowell Institute of Drawing, Boston

1862–63 Served in the 45th Massachusetts Regiment during Civil War; saw action in North Carolina

1864 First exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum

1866 First exhibited at the National Academy of Design; first painted a White Mountain scene

1867–68 Traveled in Europe with artist John Appleton Brown; studied art in the Paris studio of Emile Charles Lambinet

1869–95 Maintained an art studio in the Tremont Street Studio Building, Boston

1870 Painted in the Yosemite Valley, California

1874 Elected a member of the Boston Art Club and exhibited there

1877–93 Maintained a summer studio at the Crawford House, Crawford Notch, New Hampshire

1886–92 Maintained a winter studio in St. Augustine, Florida

1893 Began painting in watercolors

1894–96 Traveled in Europe

1898–1906 Maintained a summer home and studio in Jackson, New Hampshire

1906 Died in Jackson, New Hampshire