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Grove of beech trees at water's edge, with pink flowering bush and additional beech trees in the left middle ground and a partly cloudy sky above
Auction: 01/23/2016
Lot: 663
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William Washington Girard AUCTION RECORDS
1873 Sycamore Creek, Cheatham County, Tennessee - 1931 Sycamore Creek, Cheatham County, Tennessee. Known for: Monumental landscape and marine painting, beech trees, poetry writing.
William Washington "Wash" Girard was born on Sycamore Creek in Cheatham County, Tennessee in 1873. Although little information about his childhood survives, it is known that he began painting when he... Read full biography
William Washington "Wash" Girard was born on Sycamore Creek in Cheatham County, Tennessee in 1873. Although little information about his childhood survives, it is known that he began painting when he was seven years old. He chewed the ends of broomstraws to create paintbrushes and used the juices... Read full biography
William Washington "Wash" Girard was born on Sycamore Creek in Cheatham County, Tennessee in 1873. Although little information about his childhood survives, it is known that he began painting when he was seven years old. He chewed the ends of broomstraws to create paintbrushes and used the juices of berries for paint. After graduating from Pleasant View County High School, Girard began working odd jobs for Major E. C. Lewis, a mill superintendent. With the help of Lewis and a Kentucky landscape... Read full biography
William Washington "Wash" Girard was born on Sycamore Creek in Cheatham County, Tennessee in 1873. Although little information about his childhood survives, it is known that he began painting when he was seven years old. He chewed the ends of broomstraws to create paintbrushes and used the juices of berries for paint. After graduating from Pleasant View County High School, Girard began working odd jobs for Major E. C. Lewis, a mill superintendent. With the help of Lewis and a Kentucky landscape artist, Girard traveled to New York City to study under marine painter Edward Moran. After a year or two the death of his girlfriend prompted him to make his way home. He paid for his return trip with money earned from sales of his paintings.... Read full biography
William Washington "Wash" Girard was born on Sycamore Creek in Cheatham County, Tennessee in 1873. Although little information about his childhood survives, it is known that he began painting when he was seven years old. He chewed the ends of broomstraws to create paintbrushes and used the juices of berries for paint. After graduating from Pleasant View County High School, Girard began working odd jobs for Major E. C. Lewis, a mill superintendent. With the help of Lewis and a Kentucky landscape artist, Girard traveled to New York City to study under marine painter Edward Moran. After a year or two the death of his girlfriend prompted him to make his way home. He paid for his return trip with money earned from sales of his paintings. Postmarks from letters during his journey show that he may have traveled through Illinois, Union City, Tennessee, Cleveland, Mississippi and Hot Sprin... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeTennessee landscape painting depicting a stream flowing through a grove of beech trees.
William Washington Girard Auction: 01/30/2021 - 1/31/2021Lot: 172Subscribe or get free alerts
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