Artists

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Granger, Charles Henrynotes
An itinerant painter who at various times was also a poet, linguist, composer, musician, music teacher, sculptor, and draftsman, Charles Granger was born on 13 June 1812 in Saco, Maine, a town just south of Portland where the Saco River meets the Atlantic. He was the son of Daniel Granger and Mary Jordan. Granger's artistic career began about...
1812 - 1893Anonymous05/16/2012
Gay, Edwardnotes
Edward Gay was a landscape painter who really didn't fit into any  particular category or school. He learned technique from several artists with whom he studied, but was not markedly influenced by them. His paintings depicted what he saw - no more, no less. He did not romanticize or idealize.  Born in Ireland in 1837, Gay came to America with...
1837 - 1928Anonymous05/15/2012
Goodridge, Elizanotes
Elizabeth (Eliza) Goodridge (1798–1882) was an American painter who specialized in miniatures. She was the younger sister of Sarah Goodridge, also an American miniaturist. Goodridge was born in Templeton, Massachusetts, the seventh child and fourth daughter of Ebenezer Goodridge and his wife Beulah Childs. Eliza's earliest miniatures date from the...
1798 - 1882Anonymous05/16/2012
Gaul, Gilbertnotes
Gilbert William Gaul (1855–1919), military and historical painter and illustrator. Biography Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on March 31, 1855 to George W. and Cornelia A. (Gilbert) Gaul, he attended school in Newark, and at the Claverack Military Academy. In New York, he began studying art under L. E. Wilmarth at the National Academy of...
1855 - 1919Anonymous05/16/2012
Goodwin, Philip R.notes
Philip R. Goodwin (September 16, 1881  – December 14, 1935) was an American painter and illustrator who specialized in depictions of wildlife, the outdoors, fishing, hunting and the Old American West. He provided illustrations for numerous books and magazines, as well as for commercial items, such as posters, advertisements and calendars. He is...
1882 - 1935Anonymous05/16/2012
Gignoux, Regis-Francoisnotes
Régis François Gignoux (1816–1882) was a French painter who was active in the United States from 1840 to 1870. He was born in Lyon, France and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under the French historical painter Hippolyte Delaroche, who inspired Gignoux to turn his talents toward landscape painting.[1] Gignoux arrived in the United States from...
1816 - 1882Anonymous12/21/2012
Gifford, Robert Swainnotes
Robert Swain Gifford was born on a small island called Nonamesset, which adjoins Naushon in the chain of Elizabeth Islands off the coast of southeastern Massachusetts. When Gifford was two years old his family moved to Fairhaven where his father was employed as a boatman and fisherman. Two famous New Bedford artists worked on the Fairhaven...
1840 - 1905Anonymous05/15/2012
Gifford, Sanford Robinsonnotes
Sanford Robinson Gifford (July 10, 1823 – August 29, 1880) was an American landscape painter and one of the leading members of the Hudson River School. Gifford's landscapes are known for their emphasis on light and soft atmospheric effects, and he is regarded as a practitioner of Luminism, an offshoot style of the Hudson River School. Not to...
1823 - 1880Anonymous12/21/2012
Glackens, Williamnotes
William James Glackens (March 13, 1870 – May 22, 1938) was an American realist painter. Glackens studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later moved to New York City, where he co-founded what came to be called the Ashcan School art movement. This group of artists, dubbed by the press "the Eight Independent Painters" or The...
1870 - 1938Anonymous03/31/2012
Gifford, Charles H.notes
Charles H. Gifford was born in New Bedford, MA.  He was a late second-generation Hudson River School painter.  His canvases show a distinct preference for quiet scenes in which a luminous atmosphere veils roughness, light shines with clarity and stillness is achieved by means of even brushstrokes. The luminist quality of his paintings was an...
1839 - 1904Anonymous10/13/2012
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