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27: 193: 124: 216:. He occasionally noted his artistic debt to other, better-known painters by signing his own name and date in addition to the name of the artist he was copying. Several of his pieces bear the names of German-born western Pennsylvania artist Emil Bott and H. Fisher, who may have been either calendar artist Hugh Fisher or his son, famed illustrator 154:. He was the sixth of eleven children born to Adam W. Poe, a steamboat captain, and Lucy Todd Poe. He was a great-grandson of Adam Poe, who along with his brother Andrew was well known for fighting Native American raiders. 173:
Little is known of his adult life other than the fact that around the turn of the century, when he was in his early 50s, he entered the Beaver County Home, a poorhouse for the destitute,
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Poe was not known to have married or had children. He traveled fairly extensively, paying for food and lodgings with his paintings. From 1892 to 1893, he lived in
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Poe died November 11, 1920, in Beaver County while residing at the poorhouse. He was mentally ill when he died. He is buried in the
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By or upon Poe's death on November 11, 1920, about forty Poe paintings, mostly
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The Winning of the West from the Alleghenies to the Mississippi, 1777 - 1783
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A mural of this painting is/was in the St. Louis, MO train station.
178: 167: 135: 123: 220:. All of his existing pieces are dated between 1905 and 1907. 186: 182: 213: 240: 302:"Local historian documents county's former poorhouse" 51:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 150:Andrew Jackson Poe was born on March 2, 1851, in 346: 111:Learn how and when to remove this message 191: 122: 385:People from Beaver County, Pennsylvania 152:Georgetown, Beaver County, Pennsylvania 347: 299: 295: 293: 267: 265: 263: 261: 200:Although Poe painted the occasional 49:adding citations to reliable sources 20: 370:People from Columbiana County, Ohio 223: 13: 395:20th-century American male artists 390:19th-century American male artists 14: 406: 290: 258: 300:Keefer, Marsha (March 1, 2014). 243:, were in Nippert's possession. 25: 324: 36:needs additional citations for 365:20th-century American painters 355:19th-century American painters 1: 308:. Beaver County, Pennsylvania 246: 145: 251: 16:American painter (1851–1920) 7: 341:, 1971. OCLC #ocm29010094. 334:, volume II, 6. ISO-8859-1. 204:, his primary focus was on 10: 411: 339:Andrew Jackson Poe: Artist 157: 189:and other art supplies. 337:Vodrey III, William H. 360:American male painters 197: 138:known as almshouse or 128: 330:Roosevelt, Theodore. 195: 126: 273:"Andrew Jackson Poe" 60:"Andrew Jackson Poe" 45:improve this article 277:Museum of Ceramics 198: 132:Andrew Jackson Poe 129: 127:Andrew Jackson Poe 210:Columbiana County 121: 120: 113: 95: 402: 318: 317: 315: 313: 297: 288: 287: 285: 283: 269: 224:Death and legacy 116: 109: 105: 102: 96: 94: 53: 29: 21: 410: 409: 405: 404: 403: 401: 400: 399: 345: 344: 327: 322: 321: 311: 309: 298: 291: 281: 279: 271: 270: 259: 254: 249: 226: 218:Harrison Fisher 160: 148: 117: 106: 100: 97: 54: 52: 42: 30: 17: 12: 11: 5: 408: 398: 397: 392: 387: 382: 377: 372: 367: 362: 357: 343: 342: 335: 326: 323: 320: 319: 289: 256: 255: 253: 250: 248: 245: 225: 222: 159: 156: 147: 144: 119: 118: 33: 31: 24: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 407: 396: 393: 391: 388: 386: 383: 381: 378: 376: 373: 371: 368: 366: 363: 361: 358: 356: 353: 352: 350: 340: 336: 333: 329: 328: 307: 303: 296: 294: 278: 274: 268: 266: 264: 262: 257: 244: 242: 237: 235: 231: 221: 219: 215: 211: 207: 203: 194: 190: 188: 184: 180: 176: 171: 169: 165: 155: 153: 143: 141: 137: 133: 125: 115: 112: 104: 101:February 2024 93: 90: 86: 83: 79: 76: 72: 69: 65: 62: –  61: 57: 56:Find sources: 50: 46: 40: 39: 34:This article 32: 28: 23: 22: 19: 338: 331: 325:Bibliography 312:February 11, 310:. Retrieved 305: 282:February 11, 280:. Retrieved 276: 238: 236:, cemetery. 234:Pennsylvania 227: 199: 172: 161: 149: 131: 130: 107: 98: 88: 81: 74: 67: 55: 43:Please help 38:verification 35: 18: 380:1920 deaths 375:1851 births 349:Categories 247:References 230:Georgetown 206:landscapes 202:still life 177:and other 175:alcoholics 146:Early life 142:painting. 71:newspapers 306:The Times 252:Citations 179:indigents 164:St. Louis 140:poorhouse 187:canvases 168:Missouri 136:folk art 85:scholar 183:paints 158:Career 87:  80:  73:  66:  58:  92:JSTOR 78:books 314:2024 284:2024 241:oils 214:Ohio 64:news 47:by 351:: 304:. 292:^ 275:. 260:^ 232:, 212:, 185:, 166:, 316:. 286:. 114:) 108:( 103:) 99:( 89:· 82:· 75:· 68:· 41:.

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