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Galen Joseph Perrett AUCTION RECORDS
1875 Chicago, Illinois - 1949. Known for: Seascape, portrait, landscape and coastal view painting, illustration.
From Chicago, Galen Perrett spent much time in Rockport, Massachusetts where he became President of the Art Association in 1923, succeeding Harry A. Vincent and admired for his outgoing personality... Read full biography
From Chicago, Galen Perrett spent much time in Rockport, Massachusetts where he became President of the Art Association in 1923, succeeding Harry A. Vincent and admired for his outgoing personality and for his dramatic seascape paintings. Of him, it was written: "His seascapes ran the gamut from... Read full biography
From Chicago, Galen Perrett spent much time in Rockport, Massachusetts where he became President of the Art Association in 1923, succeeding Harry A. Vincent and admired for his outgoing personality and for his dramatic seascape paintings. Of him, it was written: "His seascapes ran the gamut from peaceful days beside the ocean to dramatic stormy weather with deep, almost weirdly-menacing blue of sea and sky seeming to merge, at time, in threatening fury, while in the foreground green waves break... Read full biography
From Chicago, Galen Perrett spent much time in Rockport, Massachusetts where he became President of the Art Association in 1923, succeeding Harry A. Vincent and admired for his outgoing personality and for his dramatic seascape paintings. Of him, it was written: "His seascapes ran the gamut from peaceful days beside the ocean to dramatic stormy weather with deep, almost weirdly-menacing blue of sea and sky seeming to merge, at time, in threatening fury, while in the foreground green waves break in white foam on great rocks that repulse them so violently that they bound into the air, to burst in clouds of filmy spray---a remarkable study in contradictory motion and opposing forces." (Curtis, 95). Galen Perrett was also known for his... Read full biography
From Chicago, Galen Perrett spent much time in Rockport, Massachusetts where he became President of the Art Association in 1923, succeeding Harry A. Vincent and admired for his outgoing personality and for his dramatic seascape paintings. Of him, it was written: "His seascapes ran the gamut from peaceful days beside the ocean to dramatic stormy weather with deep, almost weirdly-menacing blue of sea and sky seeming to merge, at time, in threatening fury, while in the foreground green waves break in white foam on great rocks that repulse them so violently that they bound into the air, to burst in clouds of filmy spray---a remarkable study in contradictory motion and opposing forces." (Curtis, 95). Galen Perrett was also known for his illustration skills as well as painting. Perrett's art schooling including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Mun... Read full biography
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Galen Joseph Perrett Auction: 10/15/2010Lot: 78140Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeMary Ann! You Can Just Wait Advertisement, Cream of Wheat, 1913
Galen Joseph Perrett Auction: 12/08/2007Lot: 4Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeBuilding a Nation, Cream of Wheat advertisement
Galen Joseph Perrett Auction: 10/22/2011 - 10/23/2011Lot: 78331Subscribe or get free alerts
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