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Gloria Vanderbilt (born 1924) Gloria Vanderbilt, the “poor little rich girl”, was born into the famous Vanderbilt family of New York. She studied at the Art Students League in New York and has been widely exhibited and her work has been licensed it by Hallmark. She has also designed glassware, silverware, and linens, and a designer line of clothing in the 1970s. She has authored three books, including a memoir of the loss of [...] Click here to continue reading. Maurice Glickman (American, 1906 to 1981) Maurice Glickman was a Romanian-born sculptor and teacher. He took full advantage of the public art programs under the Works Progress Administration, producing many public murals and sculptures. He was a founding member of the Sculptors Guild, he founded the School Art Studies in New York, and he published and lectured widely. He exhibited at the Salons of America, the PAFA, and the Heritage of American Art exhibit [...] Click here to continue reading. William James Glackens (1870 to 1938) American Impressionist William Glackens is one of the most influential American painters of the first decades of the 20th century. Circa 1900 he met Robert Henri and they shared a studio for several years. Henri encouraged Glackens to move beyond his initial success as a witty magazine artist-illustrator in Philadelphia and New York to a full-time artist. This led to his participation in the forward thinking group of [...] Click here to continue reading. Andre Gisson (Anders Gittelson) 1921-2003 Well known for his twentieth century views of Paris and Impressionistic landscapes, still lifes and portraits, Andre Gisson was actually born in Brooklyn, New York, as Anders Gittelson in 1921. In the 1940′s Gittelson joined the Army Corps of Engineers and traveled extensively in Japan, Paris and the French countryside helping to repair the damage of World War II. Returning to New York he obtained a scholarship to the [...] Click here to continue reading. Frank J. Girardin (1856-1945) Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1856, Frank J. Girardin studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy and with Noble, Duveneck, and Chatain. He spent his early career in Richmond, Indiana and lived briefly in New Orleans. He is mostly known for his landscape paintings, winning prizes for his exhibits at the Cincinnati Art Club (1903) and the Richmond Art Association (1912). Girardin died in 1945 in Redondo Beach, California. [...] Click here to continue reading. Gilbert Clock Co. Clocks bearing the Gilbert label or name began to appear in 1828 when William L. Gilbert and George March formed Marsh, Gilbert & Company to buy their own clock shop in Bristol, and later Farmington, Connecticut. In 1835 John Birge replaced Marsh and the company became Birge, Gilbert & Company and became known for their Empire-style shelf clocks. For a brief time around 1840 the company worked with Chauncey Jerome to [...] Click here to continue reading. Regis Francois Gignoux (1816-1882) Regis Francois Gignoux, was born in 1816 in Lyon, France and trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. He married Elizabeth A. Christmas (1822 to 1888), an American, and moved to Brooklyn in 1840, where he developed his interests in landscape painting. Within a few years, he opened a studio and took on private students, including George Inness, and enjoyed critical and financial success. In 1858, he joined [...] Click here to continue reading. Charles Henry Gifford (1839-1904) The son of a Fairhaven, Massachusetts ship’s carpenter, Gifford worked as a shoemaker until 1862, when he enlisted in the Union Army. After fighting in the Civil War, Gifford returned to Fairhaven in 1865 and decided to take up painting. He established a studio in New Bedford in 1868 and, like his fellow Fairhavener, William Bradford, decided to focus his attention on the sea. Gifford showed considerable talent, not [...] Click here to continue reading. Scott & Stuart Gentling Scott and Stuart Gentling could be called the ultimate Texas painters, especially when it comes to painting the land, flora, and fauna of the state. Born in Minnesota, the twins came to Fort Worth as young boys. After separating to attend Tulane and one year of law school at the University of Texas, Stuart joined Scott at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art. After their studies, the Gentlings came home and [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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