Artists
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Gifford, Sanford Robinson | ![]()
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 - 1880 | Anonymous | 12/21/2012 |
Guy, Seymour Joseph | ![]()
Seymour
Joseph Guy established a reputation in the United States in the mid-nineteenth
century as one of the finest genre painters of children. His primarily
cabinet-sized pictures were esteemed by his fellow artists and leading
collectors of American art. He was widely respected for his technical ability
and knowledge of the science of painting,... | 1824 - 1910 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
Griggs, Samuel W. | ![]()
Griggs was
listed as an architect in the Boston City directory from 1848 to 1852 and as an
artist from 1854 until his death. At the time of his death he was living at 63
Studio Building in Boston. The competency of his work strongly suggests that he
had professional training, and it is believed that he studied under Bierstadt
before Bierstadt was... | 1827 - 1898 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
Gould, Walter | 1829 - 1893 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
Gay, Edward | ![]()
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 - 1928 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Grose, Daniel Charles | ![]()
Daniel
Charles Grose (1838–1900) was a prolific
Canadian - American painter of the Hudson River School who was active between
1865 and 1900.
History
Daniel
Charles Grose was born ca. 1838. His parents’
names are not known. Several sources indicate his Uncle was English antiquary
Francis Grose, however, this assertion appears to be
based on... | 1838 - 1900 | Anonymous | 07/28/2012 |
Gifford, Charles H. | ![]()
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 - 1904 | Anonymous | 10/13/2012 |
Gifford, Robert Swain | ![]()
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 - 1905 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
Grant, Clement Rollins | ![]()
Clement
Rollins Grant was a painter-etcher who was born in 1849 in Freeport, Maine. He
studied in England in 1867, before setting up studios at 112 West Street in
Boston (1882-) and Broadway & 33 rd Street and 80
Washington Square, New York City (1883-) and he rapidly became recognized as a
competent realist who specialized in human genre... | 1849 - 1893 | Anonymous | 03/15/2014 |
Garrett, Edmund Henry | 1853 - 1929 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 |