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in 1888 and took the six-year
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He died in St. Louis on March 2, 1915, and, according to his wishes, a boat set out from Elsah upriver to the confluence of the
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Building of Chicago Prize by the Society of Western Artists. In 1909 and 1910 he served as president of the St. Louis Artists' Guild. In 1910, he exhibited 28 paintings in
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the statement: "No East no West, But hand in hand, Life's Unity, To
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a book by Sylvester collecting his paintings of the Mississippi, published in 1911. Photos show the men painting together.
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