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Aaron Henry Gorson
A Lithuanian immigrant who lived in Pittsburgh, Harry Gorson (1872 to 1933) attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Julian Academy in Paris. Rather than painting the countryside, as many of his contemporaries did, Gorson was fascinated by Pittsburgh’s riverside industrial landscape. Steel mills, bridges and light juxtaposed on waterways were his focus.
In 1921 Gorson moved to New York City, but western Pennsylvania’s mill scenes continued to recur [...] Click here to continue reading.
Rudolf Carl Gorman (1932-2005)
Born in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona and raised in a hogan on the Navajo Reservation, R.C. Gorman became one of the Southwest’s best-known late 20th-century artists. His signature works were Navajo women in a variety of poses. Many persons have been fascinated by the fact that he, an Indian artist, became famous in the white man’s world with some calling him the “Picasso of Indian artists.” Of this kind of [...] Click here to continue reading.
Gorevan Oriental Rugs
Gorevan is an Iranian town near Heriz, however the rug term denotes quality rather than geographic origin. A very coarsely woven rug with a Heriz pattern may be described as a Gorevan rug.
Robert P. Gordy (1933 to 1986)
By the mid-1960s, Robert Gordy had developed his individual style of painting, which combines repetitive images and patterns with flat colors. These engaging and often amusing and erotic paintings earned the New Orleans artist national attention and acclaim. In 1967, Gordy was awarded an Artists Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and exhibited in Annual Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture at the Whitney Museum of [...] Click here to continue reading.
Richard LaBarre Goodwin (1840-1910)
Richard LaBarre Goodwin was born in 1840 in Albany, New York and studied with his father, Edwin Weyburn Goodwin and in New York City. He began his life as an artist as a intinerant portrait painter in New York City and Syracuse, New York. He soon turned to still lifes, probably influenced by the highly realistic style of William Harnett. His work is distinctive for his many subjects that are [...] Click here to continue reading.
Arthur Clifton Goodwin (American, 1864 to 1929)
Arthur C. Goodwin, whose personality alternated between that of a dandy and a destitute alcoholic, was once known as the “Beau Brummel of Chelsea”. In 1900, while watching his artist friend Louis Kronberg at work on a pastel, Goodwin discovered a passion for painting, and at age 30 began the life of an artist. While seeking in his art a refuge from the cruelty of an impoverished [...] Click here to continue reading.
Golliwogg Dolls
The market for cloth character dolls really boomed with the creation of the Golly by Florence Upton, who was born to English parents in New York in 1873 and illustrated a children’s story, “The Adventures of two Dutch Dolls And A Golliwogg ” (written by Bertha Upton, 1895), with a black rag-doll character called Golliwogg who had a big smile, fuzzy hair and staring, white-rimmed eyes. He wore brightly colored clothes, including [...] Click here to continue reading.
Elling William Gollings (1878-1932)
The cowboy-painter and etcher Elling William (Bill) Gollings was born in 1878 in Pierce City, Idaho, raised on farms in Michigan and New York and died in 1932 in Sheridan, Wyoming. He worked on ranches throughout Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. After 1909 he lived and worked in a shack-studio producing his Western art.
Anne Wilson Goldthwaite (American/Alabama, 1869 to 1944)
Anne Goldthwaite, a native of Alabama who often cited the imagery of the Alabama and Texas landscapes as her earliest memories, would always be grateful for these recollections and her appreciation of the South. After the death of her parents, an uncle, impressed with her talent, offered to pay for her schooling in New York, and Goldthwaite gratefully accepted. She studied at the National Academy of Design [...] Click here to continue reading.
Glossary of Autograph Abbreviations & Terms
AC: Autograph Card (unsigned handwritten card or message on printed greeting card)
AD: Autograph Document (hand-written by the author, but not signed)
ADS: Autograph Document Signed (written and signed by same individual)
AES: Autograph Endorsement Signed (the endorsement on another person’s letter or document is entirely in the hand of the author who signed the endorsement)
AL: Autograph Letter (hand-written by the author, but not signed)
ALS: Autograph [...] Click here to continue reading.
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