Henry Atkins (mai tsarawa)

John Henry Paul Atkins (Yuli 13,1867-Nuwamba 25,1923) wani mai zanen Irish-Ba'amurke ne wanda ta haɗu da San Francisco,California art gallery Vickery,Atkins & Torrey.

Rayuwar farko

An haifi Henry Atkins a Skibbereen,County Cork,Ireland,ɗaya daga cikin yara tara da aka haifa ga mai cinikin masara daga Belfast da matarsa Corkonian. Iyalin sun bar Cork a cikin shekarar 1869 don ƙaura zuwa Egremont a Cheshire,Ingila.Iyalin sun sake komawa cikin 1878 zuwa kusa da Liverpool tare da yawan mutanen Irish.Henry da kansa ya bar gida bayan ƴan shekaru kaɗan.Ya isa yankin San Francisco Bay a cikin 1888,jim kaɗan kafin cikarsa shekaru 21.Dan uwansa, Arthur,ta shiga shi a takaice a cikin 1892 kafin ya tafi nazarin zane-zane a Paris.Arthur ya dawo tare da David,wani ɗan'uwa,a shekarar 1898 amma ya mutu a cikin Janairu 1899 bayan ya kafa sunansa a matsayin sanannen mai zanen California.David ya zama mai kisa a Sonora kafin ya fara kamfanin shigo da kaya.

Henry ya auri Daisy Howard, kuma ya kai ta Ingila a 1900.Sun dawo tare da wasu ’yan uwa biyu,Elsie da Ernest.Ernest ya zauna na watanni goma sha takwas kawai,ya koma Ingila a 1901 don Kirsimeti tare da iyali.Daga nan ya dauki matsayi a Port Said,Misira na tsawon shekaru uku,kuma ya koma California a watan Fabrairu,1905.Wani ɗan’uwa da ’yar’uwa, Herbert da Avesia,sun isa California a watan Yuli,1906.Sauran dangin,ciki har da iyaye,Georgina da Henry,da babbar yarinya,Marion,sun isa a 1908.

Aiki

Ya haɗu da gidan wasan kwaikwayo a 236 Post Street,San Francisco tare da kawunsa William Kingston Vickery da zarar ya isa yankin Bay a 1888.Frederic Cheever Torrey ya shiga su bayan ƴan shekaru.Kasuwancin ya sami ɗan lalacewa a girgizar ƙasa na 1906 kuma daga baya sun buɗe reshe a 550 Sutter Street.Daga farkon mayar da hankali kan mu'amalar fasaha kasuwancin ya faɗaɗa ya haɗa da kayan fasaha,tsara hoto,ƙirar ciki,da kayan ado.

Atkins ya ƙera kayan ɗaki,kayan murhu,sandunan fitulu,urns da fuska,tagogin kanti,kayan ado,ƙofofin lambu,agogo,giciye, jita-jita,trays,ƙirji,allo, firamiyoyi da chandeliers. Ya kuma tsara cikakkun abubuwan ciki,ciki har da babban ɗakin karatu na Doe Memorial Library a Jami'ar California,Berkeley.

Ya kuma tsara matakan siminti a Bancroft Steps da Orchard Lane (1910) a gindin Dutsen Panoramic a Berkeley,California.