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Arthur Benton Cornish,
the photographer, is a typical Westerner, and a man who has done much
to raise the standard of his profession. Born at Oneida, Ill.,
in 1873, of a family of artists, and educated in the schools of
Chicago and St. Louis, he is purely a product of the West. While
still in High School at Oneida, Mr. Cornish, with the enthusiasm
worthy of a man twice his age, took up the study of art. After
leaving school, he spent some time under well-known artists of Chicago
and St. Louis. He achieved especial success in portraiture, and
essayed his first venture in business at Arkansas City, Kas.
There he soon outgrew the town and moved to Kansas City, associating
himself with D. P. Thompson, the veteran photographer. Here he
spent nine years, broadening out his work, and making a notable
success. That his artistic instincts might have opportunity for
greater play, Mr. Cornish went into business for himself again two
years ago, surrounding himself with all the up-to-date mechanical
devices of the photograph business, and provided for his patrons one
of the most artistic galleries in the southwest. From the start
his new venture proved a success, and to-day he stands, though but
twenty-nine years old, as one of the foremost men in his line in the
country. Mr. Cornish has in his time given sittings to many
persons of note, and has produced some of the largest and finest group
work ever attempted.
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