Abbott Handerson Thayer (August 12, 1849 – May 29, 1921) was an American artist, naturalist and teacher. As a painter of portraits, figures, animals and landscapes, he enjoyed a Definite prominence during his lifetime, and his paintings are represented in the major American art collections. He is perhaps best known for his ‘angel’ paintings, some of which use his kids as models.
During the last third of his life, he worked together following his son, Gerald Handerson Thayer, on a collection about protective coloration in nature, titled Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom. First published by Macmillan in 1909, then reissued in 1918, it may have had an effect upon military camouflage during World War I. However it was roundly mocked by Theodore Roosevelt and others for its assumption that whatever animal coloration is cryptic.
Thayer in addition to influenced American art through his efforts as a teacher, training apprentices in his New Hampshire studio.
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