 He made a number of voyages to Europe; first to study his craft in Paris (with the help of wealthy patrons) in 1899.Then, attracted to the Hague School of Dutch artists, he spent 1910-11 working in the Netherlands amidst the settings favored by the Maris brothers, Jozef Israëls, Willem Roelofs, and even Vincent van Gogh and Piet Mondriaan's (Eng.