![Abraham Archibald Anderson - Portrait of Thomas Alva Edison [1890]](http://c1.staticflickr.com/1/494/19160261119_12b0370c50_o.jpg)
Abraham Archibald Anderson (New Jersey, 1847 - 1940) was an American artist, rancher and philanthropist. In 1890, Anderson organized the American Art Association in Paris, a beneficial mutual-aid society for American art students. He was its president until 1912; it lasted until 1932. Anderson developed a reputation for his portraits. His 1889 portrait of Thomas Alva Edison hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.
[National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C. - Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 138.7 cm]