Frederic was the son of Edward Augustus Crowninshield (1817–1859) and Caroline Maria Welch (1820–1897). Frederic's paternal grandfather was Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772–1851).
He had two older brothers: Francis W. Crowninshield who was born in 1843, and died from wounds in the American Civil War in 1866. Brother Edward Augustus Crowninshield was born in 1841 and died a year later. After his father died his mother married Howard Payson Arnold in 1869.
On October 24, 1867 Frederic married Helen Suzette Fairbanks, daughter of William Nelson Fairbanks and Augusta Reed. Helen was born on 16 January 1847 and died on 24 June 1924. She is buried at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Crowninshield graduated at Harvard College in 1866, and studied abroad 11 years; under Thomas Leeson Rowbotham in London, Thomas Couture in Italy, and Alexandre Cabanel in Paris. From 1879 to 1885 he taught at the Museum of Fine Arts School of Drawing and Painting when it was housed in the basement of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in Copley Square.
Crowninshield then moved to New York, where he was the first president of the National Society of Mural Painters from 1895 to 1899, and president of the Fine Arts Federation from 1900 to 1909. In 1911 he was appointed director of the American Academy in Rome.
One of his best-known works is a stained-glass window depicting John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, entitled "Emmanuel's Land", at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Boston. He designed the window in 1899 and dedicated it to his mother.
As an artist, Crowninshield created about 100 murals and stained glass windows, mainly for churches but also for a fraternity house at Williams College, a federal courthouse in Ohio, a Harvard alumni hall, and even the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan. Fewer than half of his works have managed to survive over the past 100 years. He often decided to make depictions of angels, saints, classic ruins, and draped foliage, as did better-known artists, such as Louis Comfort Tiffany and John La Farg. But his palette, based on his years in Italy, is considered more distinctive than others.
The children of Frederic Crowninshield and Helen Suzette Fairbanks were:
1. Helen Suzette Crowninshield (1868-1941) (Carl August de Gersdorff)
2. Edward Augustus Crowninshield (1870-1938)
3. Francis Welch Crowninshield (1872-1947)
He had two older brothers: Francis W. Crowninshield who was born in 1843, and died from wounds in the American Civil War in 1866. Brother Edward Augustus Crowninshield was born in 1841 and died a year later. After his father died his mother married Howard Payson Arnold in 1869.
On October 24, 1867 Frederic married Helen Suzette Fairbanks, daughter of William Nelson Fairbanks and Augusta Reed. Helen was born on 16 January 1847 and died on 24 June 1924. She is buried at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Crowninshield graduated at Harvard College in 1866, and studied abroad 11 years; under Thomas Leeson Rowbotham in London, Thomas Couture in Italy, and Alexandre Cabanel in Paris. From 1879 to 1885 he taught at the Museum of Fine Arts School of Drawing and Painting when it was housed in the basement of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in Copley Square.
Crowninshield then moved to New York, where he was the first president of the National Society of Mural Painters from 1895 to 1899, and president of the Fine Arts Federation from 1900 to 1909. In 1911 he was appointed director of the American Academy in Rome.
One of his best-known works is a stained-glass window depicting John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, entitled "Emmanuel's Land", at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Boston. He designed the window in 1899 and dedicated it to his mother.
As an artist, Crowninshield created about 100 murals and stained glass windows, mainly for churches but also for a fraternity house at Williams College, a federal courthouse in Ohio, a Harvard alumni hall, and even the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan. Fewer than half of his works have managed to survive over the past 100 years. He often decided to make depictions of angels, saints, classic ruins, and draped foliage, as did better-known artists, such as Louis Comfort Tiffany and John La Farg. But his palette, based on his years in Italy, is considered more distinctive than others.
The children of Frederic Crowninshield and Helen Suzette Fairbanks were:
1. Helen Suzette Crowninshield (1868-1941) (Carl August de Gersdorff)
2. Edward Augustus Crowninshield (1870-1938)
3. Francis Welch Crowninshield (1872-1947)
Frederic was the son of Edward Augustus Crowninshield (1817–1859) and Caroline Maria Welch (1820–1897). Frederic's paternal grandfather was Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772–1851).
He had two older brothers: Francis W. Crowninshield who was born in 1843, and died from wounds in the American Civil War in 1866. Brother Edward Augustus Crowninshield was born in 1841 and died a year later. After his father died his mother married Howard Payson Arnold in 1869.
On October 24, 1867 Frederic married Helen Suzette Fairbanks, daughter of William Nelson Fairbanks and Augusta Reed. Helen was born on 16 January 1847 and died on 24 June 1924. She is buried at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Crowninshield graduated at Harvard College in 1866, and studied abroad 11 years; under Thomas Leeson Rowbotham in London, Thomas Couture in Italy, and Alexandre Cabanel in Paris. From 1879 to 1885 he taught at the Museum of Fine Arts School of Drawing and Painting when it was housed in the basement of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in Copley Square.
Crowninshield then moved to New York, where he was the first president of the National Society of Mural Painters from 1895 to 1899, and president of the Fine Arts Federation from 1900 to 1909. In 1911 he was appointed director of the American Academy in Rome.
One of his best-known works is a stained-glass window depicting John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, entitled "Emmanuel's Land", at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Boston. He designed the window in 1899 and dedicated it to his mother.
As an artist, Crowninshield created about 100 murals and stained glass windows, mainly for churches but also for a fraternity house at Williams College, a federal courthouse in Ohio, a Harvard alumni hall, and even the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan. Fewer than half of his works have managed to survive over the past 100 years. He often decided to make depictions of angels, saints, classic ruins, and draped foliage, as did better-known artists, such as Louis Comfort Tiffany and John La Farg. But his palette, based on his years in Italy, is considered more distinctive than others.
The children of Frederic Crowninshield and Helen Suzette Fairbanks were:
1. Helen Suzette Crowninshield (1868-1941) (Carl August de Gersdorff)
2. Edward Augustus Crowninshield (1870-1938)
3. Francis Welch Crowninshield (1872-1947)
He had two older brothers: Francis W. Crowninshield who was born in 1843, and died from wounds in the American Civil War in 1866. Brother Edward Augustus Crowninshield was born in 1841 and died a year later. After his father died his mother married Howard Payson Arnold in 1869.
On October 24, 1867 Frederic married Helen Suzette Fairbanks, daughter of William Nelson Fairbanks and Augusta Reed. Helen was born on 16 January 1847 and died on 24 June 1924. She is buried at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Crowninshield graduated at Harvard College in 1866, and studied abroad 11 years; under Thomas Leeson Rowbotham in London, Thomas Couture in Italy, and Alexandre Cabanel in Paris. From 1879 to 1885 he taught at the Museum of Fine Arts School of Drawing and Painting when it was housed in the basement of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in Copley Square.
Crowninshield then moved to New York, where he was the first president of the National Society of Mural Painters from 1895 to 1899, and president of the Fine Arts Federation from 1900 to 1909. In 1911 he was appointed director of the American Academy in Rome.
One of his best-known works is a stained-glass window depicting John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, entitled "Emmanuel's Land", at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Boston. He designed the window in 1899 and dedicated it to his mother.
As an artist, Crowninshield created about 100 murals and stained glass windows, mainly for churches but also for a fraternity house at Williams College, a federal courthouse in Ohio, a Harvard alumni hall, and even the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan. Fewer than half of his works have managed to survive over the past 100 years. He often decided to make depictions of angels, saints, classic ruins, and draped foliage, as did better-known artists, such as Louis Comfort Tiffany and John La Farg. But his palette, based on his years in Italy, is considered more distinctive than others.
The children of Frederic Crowninshield and Helen Suzette Fairbanks were:
1. Helen Suzette Crowninshield (1868-1941) (Carl August de Gersdorff)
2. Edward Augustus Crowninshield (1870-1938)
3. Francis Welch Crowninshield (1872-1947)
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