At the age of 18 he was working as an illustrator for Harper's Weekly . He studied in Munich, Venice, Florence, Holland, and Paris. By 1881 he was well known as a portrait painter and many famous people sat for his portraits both in this country and in Europe. Alexander painted murals for the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh and for the Pennsylvania State Capitol. Primitive men heap stones into a cairn to communicate a message.
Arabian storyteller illustrates how information was passed orally from one generation to another.
A Native American is painting symbols that tell a story onto a dressed and smooth deerskin. In the interior of a monastery cell a monk laboriously illuminates the pages of a great folio book. Gutenberg the inventor of the printing press and his assistant examine a proof sheet while an apprentice operates the press. She moved to Kerrville, Texas in 1950 and worked with San Antonio sculptor Pompeo Coppini. In 1960, she married Clarendon, Texas, artist Harold Bugbee.