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Chester Van Nortwick BIOGRAPHY
1881 Providence, Rhode Island - 1944 Brewster, Massachusetts. Known for: Landscape and seascape painting, illustration and calendar art.
Chester K. Van Nortwick was born in Providence, RI on December 21, 1881 and died in Brewster, MA on October 8, 1944. He was the son of George Washington van Nortwick, an accomplished and celebrated... Read full biography
Chester K. Van Nortwick was born in Providence, RI on December 21, 1881 and died in Brewster, MA on October 8, 1944. He was the son of George Washington van Nortwick, an accomplished and celebrated engraver. Chester lived in Colorado during his youth and served as staff artist on the Rocky Mountain... Read full biography
Chester K. Van Nortwick was born in Providence, RI on December 21, 1881 and died in Brewster, MA on October 8, 1944. He was the son of George Washington van Nortwick, an accomplished and celebrated engraver. Chester lived in Colorado during his youth and served as staff artist on the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post. He received private instruction for several years and then entered the Chicago Art Institute. He spent many years in New Hampshire before moving to Cape Cod. He had a studio in... Read full biography
Chester K. Van Nortwick was born in Providence, RI on December 21, 1881 and died in Brewster, MA on October 8, 1944. He was the son of George Washington van Nortwick, an accomplished and celebrated engraver. Chester lived in Colorado during his youth and served as staff artist on the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post. He received private instruction for several years and then entered the Chicago Art Institute. He spent many years in New Hampshire before moving to Cape Cod. He had a studio in Provincetown and also one in Brewster where he lived. He also had a studio in Clearwater, FL and exhibited extensively with the Clearwater Art Club and in St. Petersburg. Newspaper clippings of the period he was showing his work praised him highly.... Read full biography
Chester K. Van Nortwick was born in Providence, RI on December 21, 1881 and died in Brewster, MA on October 8, 1944. He was the son of George Washington van Nortwick, an accomplished and celebrated engraver. Chester lived in Colorado during his youth and served as staff artist on the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post. He received private instruction for several years and then entered the Chicago Art Institute. He spent many years in New Hampshire before moving to Cape Cod. He had a studio in Provincetown and also one in Brewster where he lived. He also had a studio in Clearwater, FL and exhibited extensively with the Clearwater Art Club and in St. Petersburg. Newspaper clippings of the period he was showing his work praised him highly. His painting entitled Jes' Fishin was reproduced by the G... Read full biography
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Chester K. Van Nortwick was born in Providence, RI on December 21, 1881 and died in Brewster, MA on October 8, 1944. He was the son of George Washington van Nortwick, an accomplished and celebrated engraver.
Chester lived in Colorado during his youth and served as staff artist on the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post. He received private instruction for several years and then entered the Chicago Art Institute.
He spent many years in New Hampshire before moving to Cape Cod. He had a studio in Provincetown and also one in Brewster where he lived. He also had a studio in Clearwater, FL and exhibited extensively with the Clearwater Art Club and in St. Petersburg. ...But wait, there's more...
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