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General Green Clay and the Siege of Fort Meigs (courtesy Garth’s and Larry Nelson, former site manager at Fort Meigs, and Lou Schultz) General Clay At the time of his death in 1828, General Green Clay (b. 1757) was one of the wealthiest and most prominent men in Kentucky. Although not as well known today as his son, the abolitionist Cassius Marcellus Clay, or his cousin, Henry Clay, Green Clay played a very significant [...] Click here to continue reading. Edward B. Gay (1837-1928) A well known landscape painter, Edward Gay was born in Ireland on April 25th, 1837, and moved to the United States in 1848 to escape the Potato Famine, settling with his family in Albany, New York. He was urged to paint by the Hart brothers and George Boughton, prominent local artists. He traveled to Germany in the early 1860′s to study further. When he returned to the United States in [...] Click here to continue reading. Leon Ambroise Gauthier (French/Latin America, 1822-1880) A native Parisian, Gauthier studied at l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts through 1841. He exhibited landscapes, portraits and genre paintings at the academic Salons from 1844 to 1879, receiving an honorable mention in 1863. Another Gauthier portrait of a gentleman, dated circa 1853, is part of the corporate collection of the Banco de la Republica of Bogota, Columbia. Information courtesy of Neal Auction Company William Gilbert Gaul (1855-1919). Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Gaul first planned a career with the U. S. Navy and briefly attended Claverack Military Academy, but due to ill health was unable to pursue a military career. He decided instead to become an artist, and during the 1870s studied with Lemuel Wilmarth and John George Brown , becoming a member of the National Academy of Design in 1882. In 1876 he made [...] Click here to continue reading. Henry Martin Gasser (1909-1981) Henry Martin Gasser, New Jersey, was a student of the Art Students League of New York. He specialized in town-landscapes, marine and genre paintings. His works are represented in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum and the Boston Museum. His works are also in the International Business Machines Collection. He was a member of the Salmagundi Club in New York and the Royal Society of Art in England. [...] Click here to continue reading. Leon Shulman Gaspard (Russian/American 1882-1964) The individuality and strong character of Leon Gaspard is expressed in his remarkable paintings, which span continents and decades. Born in Vitebsk, Russia, Gaspard accompanied his father on fur trades to Asia. This exposure to the colorful and exotic cultures would remain a theme of his work throughout his life. Gaspard’s artistic studies began in Vitebsk and were followed by further study in Odessa and at the Academy [...] Click here to continue reading. Garouste & Bonetti In 1980 Elizabeth Garouste (born 1949, France) and Mattia Bonetti (born 1952, Switzerland) formed the French company Garouste & Bonetti. The company’s designs include ceramics, furniture, interior design, metalwork, and product design. Gardner Factory Russian Porcelain Founded at Verbilki, near Moscow, by the Englishman Francis Gardner in 1766, and known for its hard paste porcelains, the Gardner factory served as important competition for the Imperial Porcelain Factory, spurring artists at both institutions to produce more complicated wares in terms of both form and decoration. One of two porcelain works in Russia during the 18th century, The factory was situated in the Gjelsk region where local clay, [...] Click here to continue reading. Daniel Garber (1880-1958) The New Hope school claims Daniel Garber as one of its most reputable impressionist painters. He established his studio in Philadelphia in 1901 and worked as an illustrator, commercial artist and portrait painter while studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in the evenings. It was also around this time that he met and married a fellow student, Mary Franklin. They traveled abroad together and upon returning in 1907, [...] Click here to continue reading. Reuben Jackson Gambrell (Columbia, South Carolina, 1917 to 2006) South Carolina artist Reuben Gambrell, enjoyed a long career as both an artist and as a teacher. He received fa BA in fine Arts from the University of South Carolina, an MA from the University of Georgia, a Ph.D. from Columbia University, New York, and studied with Georgia artist Lamar Dodd. He documented his WWII army experiences in an illustrated journal now in the collection [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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