William McGregor Paxton ART FOR SALE

1869 Baltimore, Maryland - 1941 Newton Centre, Massachusetts. Known for: Figure, genre, portrait and landscape painting.

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Born in Baltimore and raised in Newton, Massachusetts, William Paxton became a prominent late 19th, early 20th-century figure painter, especially noted for female subjects, and a key artist in the establishment of American Impressionism. Paxton also painted outdoor views of upper class life such as croquet games and hotel verandah scenes. In Philadelphia where he lived briefly, he received so many commissions for portrait paintings that he was referred to as the "court painter of Philadelphia." Portrait subjects included Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Grover Cleveland. In addition to his canvas painting, Paxton was a muralist whose work was at the Army and Navy Club of New York City and St. Botolph's Club of Boston. He was also a... Read full biography

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Boy with Blue Eyes

Type:Painting

Year:Circa 1930

Size:21.00" x 18.50" x 1.50"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Lower Left

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This depiction of a male youth is brimming with warmth and life, virtually leaping from the canvas. Interestingly, though Paxton completed the figure here, he never fully finished the young man's white shirt; apparently the painting was set aside and signed at some later point.