The Crimson Tide (Esprios Classics) - Chambers, Robert W
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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 - December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories titled The King in Yellow, published in 1895. Chambers was first educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and then entered the Art Students' League at around the age of twenty, where the artist Charles Dana Gibson was a fellow student. Chambers studied in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Julian from 1886 to 1893, and his work was displayed at the Salon as early as 1889. On his return to New York, he succeeded in selling his…mehr

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 - December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories titled The King in Yellow, published in 1895. Chambers was first educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and then entered the Art Students' League at around the age of twenty, where the artist Charles Dana Gibson was a fellow student. Chambers studied in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Julian from 1886 to 1893, and his work was displayed at the Salon as early as 1889. On his return to New York, he succeeded in selling his illustrations to Life, Truth, and Vogue magazines. His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is The King in Yellow, a collection of Art Nouveau short stories published in 1895.
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American author and artist Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 - December 16, 1933) is best known for his 1895 collection of short stories The King in Yellow. William Chambers, a lieutenant in the British Royal Navy who was married to Amelia Saunders, was his great-grandfather (1765-1822). In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Chambers wrote historical fiction with a focus on the American Civil War and World War I. Later, he started writing romantic fiction, which was well-received and helped him become a best-selling author. He wed Elsa (Elsie) Vaughn Moller on July 12, 1898. (1872-1939). Robert Edward Stuart Chambers (1899-1955) was their son (who sometimes used the name, Robert Husted Chambers).On December 16, 1933, Robert W. Chambers passed away. He had undergone intestinal surgery three days earlier.