Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Oge ndụ ya: Amụrụ na Tuskegee, Alabama, Bridgman bụ nwa nke dọkịta. Ọ malitere dị ka onye na-ese ihe na New York City, maka American Bank Note Company na 1864<unk>65, ma mụọ nka n'otu afọ ahụ na Brooklyn Art Association na National Academy of Design. Ọ gara Paris na 1866, na 1867 ọ banyere na studio nke onye ama ama ama ama ama ama ama ama ama ama ama ama ama ama ama ama Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824<unk>1904), ebe ọ nwere mmetụta miri emi site na draftsmanship ziri ezi nke Gérôme, mmecha dị mma, na nchegbu maka isiokwu Middle-Eastern. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, Paris ghọrọ isi ụlọ ọrụ ya. N'afọ 1874, a họpụtara ya na National Academy of Design dị ka onye otu Associate, ma bụrụ onye otu zuru oke na 1881.  Ajụjụ: Olee ọrụ nna ya na-arụ?
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