Atlanta History Center

by Horace Bradley

Horace Bradley, born in Dublin, Georgia, grew up in Atlanta. He drew for such national newspapers as Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly. In 1882 and 1883 Bradley organized the first loan exhibitions of art in Atlanta, and in 1883 he opened the Atlanta Art School. Around 1886 he left Atlanta for New York, where he became president of the Art Students League and art editor for Harper's publications. As chief of the fine arts department of the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta in 1895, Bradley organized the art exhibitions shown in the Fine Arts and Woman's Buildings. He died the following year. Photo courtesy the Atlanta History Center.