HENRI, ROBERT (1865-1929), American painter, was born in Cincinnati, 0., in 1865. In 1886 he entered the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Proceeding to Paris in 1888, he studied at Julien's and the Ecole des Beaux Arts and visited Spain and Italy. Returning to the United States he be came in 1891 an instructor at the Women's School of Design, Philadelphia. From 1896 to 1900 he was again in Paris, and ex hibited at the Salon. During an extremely active life as a painter, he found time to teach and exercised considerable influence by the vigour and independence of his style as a portrait painter. From 1915-23 he taught at the Art Students' League, New York.
Of his works, "La Neige" was purchased in 1899 for the Luxem bourg in Paris; "The Equestrian," Carnegie Art Institute, Pitts burgh; "Young Woman in Black," Art Institute, Chicago; "The Spanish Gypsy," Metropolitan Museum, New York, and "Indian Girl in White Ceremonial Blanket," in the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C. Ike died in New York city, July 12, 1929.