Enoch Lloyd Branson (1853–1925) adalah seorang seniman Amerika yang terkenal karena potret politisi Selatan dan penggambaran sejarah awal Tennessee awal. Salah satu tokoh paling berpengaruh di Knoxville's lingkaran seni awal, Branson menerima pelatihan di National Academy of Design pada tahun 1870-an dan kemudian mengunjungi pusat-pusat seni besar di Eropa. Setelah kembali ke Knoxville, ia mengoperasikan toko potret dengan fotografer Frank McCrary.[2] Dia adalah seorang mentor untuk sesama seniman Knoxville Catherine Wiley,[3] dan dikreditkan dengan menemukan modernis abad kedua puluh Beauford Delaney.[4]

Lloyd Branson
Portrait of Branson (1873) by early Knoxville photographer T.M. Schleier
LahirEnoch Lloyd Branson
1853[1]
Knox County, Tennessee
MeninggalJune 12, 1925 (aged 71–72)
Knoxville, Tennessee
MakamOld Gray Cemetery
Knoxville, Tennessee
KebangsaanAmerican
PendidikanUniversity of Tennessee
National Academy of Design
Dikenal atasPainting

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  1. ^ The year of Branson's birth is given variously as 1853 or 1854; his tombstone at Old Gray Cemetery lists his year of birth as 1853. Conversely, his obituary from a Knoxville newspaper clipping on file at the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection lists his age at his death as 70.
  2. ^ James Hoobler, Lloyd Branson. Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 28 June 2011.
  3. ^ Elizabeth Moore, Anna Catherine Wiley. Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 28 June 2011.
  4. ^ Jack Neely, A Tale of Two Brothers. Metro Pulse, Vol. 7, No. 13 (3–10 April 1997). Accessed at the Internet Archive, 2 October 2015.

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