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George Henry Hall (1825 – 1913 George Henry Hall was born in Manchester, New Hampshire on September 21, 1825. His father moved the family to Boston when his son was four years old. He began his career as an artist at the age of 16. In 1849 he traveled with his friend Eastman Johnson to Dusseldorf, Germany. Hall studied at the Konigliche Akademie for about a year, and continued his studies for two more [...] Click here to continue reading. Gutta Percha Gutta percha is defined as a tough plastic substance made from the latex of several Malaysian trees (generally Payena and Palaquium) of the sapodilla family that resembles rubber but contains more resin, and is used especially as insulation and in dentistry. Emile Albert Gruppe (1896-1978) Son of renowned painter Charles Gruppe, Emile was born in 1896 and, in addition to his father’s artistic influence, attended the Carnegie Art School where he studied with George Bridgeman, the Arts Students League, Woodstock, New York, under John F. Carlson, Provincetown, Massachusetts, with Charles Hawthorne, Richard Miller, and George Chapman. He briefly interrupted his career when he entered the United States Navy in 1917 and served for a year. [...] Click here to continue reading. Charles Paul Gruppe (1860 to 1940) Charles Paul Gruppe was born in Picton, Canada in 1860. When he was ten years old, his family moved to Rochester, New York. When he was 21, he traveled to Europe to study art. Primarily a Tonalist landscape and marine painter, Charles Paul is closely identified with the Dutch School of painting and lived in the Netherlands for over 20 years. His soft-colored palette and subject matter show [...] Click here to continue reading. George Ehrenfried Grosz (American/German Expressionist, 1893 to 1959) George Grosz was born in Berlin, Germany in 1893 as George Ehrenfried Gross. He studied under Emil Orlik at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Dresden and then spent a short time in Paris in 1913. He was involved in several court cases in Germany in the 1920′s and eventually moved to New York in 1933 and became an American citizen. He was a guest professor at the Art [...] Click here to continue reading. Louis Oscar Griffith 1875-1956 Louis Griffith was born in Greencastle, Indiana in 1875. He lived in Texas in the 1890s, where he studied with Frank Reaugh, a well-known Dallas landscape painter. Reaugh had studied at the St. Louis School of Fine Art, and suggested that Griffith attend, which he did, and then later moved on to the Art Institute of Chicago. Griffith established a studio in downtown Chicago, but had begun making trips to [...] Click here to continue reading. Jonathan Greenwood Born in Boston in 1727, Jonathan Greenwood worked as an engraver, and was a self-taught portrait painter there during his early career. In 1752, Greenwood departed Boston for Surinam on the northeast shoulder of South America, where he painted portraits for the next five years. By 1758, Greenwood was working as an engraver in Holland, and later ended up in London, where he became an art dealer in 1762 . Reference [...] Click here to continue reading. Jacob Greenleaf (1887-1968) Jacob Greenleaf was born in Estonia in 1887 and studied at the Vilno, Russia Art School and in Paris for two years. He became an active painter in the Rockport/ Somerville area of Massachusetts. He was a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, The North Shore Art Association, the Rockport Art Association and the Copley Society. His work was exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1948, [...] Click here to continue reading. Horatio Greenough (1805 -1852) – The Yankee Stonecutter Horatio Greenough was born in Boston the son of an early real estate developer. Despite an early penchant for sculpting, his father sent him to Harvard to receive a traditional education. While there, Greenough continued in his artistic pursuits, including winning a competition to design the Bunker Hill Monument. Though Greenough’s design was chosen, it was modified and the construction was overseen by competing artist Solomon [...] Click here to continue reading. The Women of the Brandywine – Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871-1954) The Brandywine Valley, which sweeps from southeasten Pennsylvania into northern Delaware, fostered a wealth of talent at the turn of the 20th century. Howard Pyle, known as “the Father of American Illustration” was beginning his own artistic movement and school in this rural area of the East Coast. Pyle’s romantic imagery in his work was passed on to his female students whom he taught [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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