Biography from the Archives of askART

Born in Philadelphia, PA, Pennell studied at the PAFA.  He then traveled extensively on assignments as a writer-illustrator and spent many years in London.  While in San Francisco in 1912, he produced a volume of etchings, drawings, and lithographs which he exhibited at Vickery, Atkins & Torrey.  He returned again in 1915 for the PPIE where he was a member of the Int'l Jury of Awards.  He died in Brooklyn, NY on April 23, 1926. 

Member:  NA (1909). 

Exhibited:  Paris Expo, 1900 (gold medal); Dresden, 1902 (Grand Prix); Louisiana Purchase Expo (St Louis), 1904; Liege, 1905 (gold medal); Milan, 1906 (Grand Prix); MM, 1926 (memorial).  In:  Library of Congress; Mead Art Gallery (Amherst College); Univ. of Michigan Museum; Museum of New Mexico; Akron Art Inst.

Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940"

AAA 1900-25; WWA 1918; Ben; NY Times  and SF Examiner, 4-24-1926 (obits).