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Edmund Greacen BIOGRAPHY
1873/76 New York City - 1949/51 White Plains, New York. Known for: Town-shore landscape, figure and portrait painting.
The artist's father, Thomas Edmund Greacen, arrived in New York from Scotland in 1868 and became active in the shoe business. Soon he married Isabella Wiggins, "the daughter of a wealthy New York... Read full biography
The artist's father, Thomas Edmund Greacen, arrived in New York from Scotland in 1868 and became active in the shoe business. Soon he married Isabella Wiggins, "the daughter of a wealthy New York family; applied her capital and his own shrewd judgment to the wholesale shoe trade, and prospered."... Read full biography
The artist's father, Thomas Edmund Greacen, arrived in New York from Scotland in 1868 and became active in the shoe business. Soon he married Isabella Wiggins, "the daughter of a wealthy New York family; applied her capital and his own shrewd judgment to the wholesale shoe trade, and prospered." The family holdings expanded: "There was a brownstone at 6 West 50th Street. [and] a farm in Sullivan County where the four children spent their summers" (Knudsen, 1972, p. 5). One of these children,... Read full biography
The artist's father, Thomas Edmund Greacen, arrived in New York from Scotland in 1868 and became active in the shoe business. Soon he married Isabella Wiggins, "the daughter of a wealthy New York family; applied her capital and his own shrewd judgment to the wholesale shoe trade, and prospered." The family holdings expanded: "There was a brownstone at 6 West 50th Street. [and] a farm in Sullivan County where the four children spent their summers" (Knudsen, 1972, p. 5). One of these children, the second of three sons, Edmund W. Greacen, the future painter, was born on 18 September 1876, the year of the great Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. Growing up in a relatively affluent household, Edmund first attended the Halsey School and then... Read full biography
The artist's father, Thomas Edmund Greacen, arrived in New York from Scotland in 1868 and became active in the shoe business. Soon he married Isabella Wiggins, "the daughter of a wealthy New York family; applied her capital and his own shrewd judgment to the wholesale shoe trade, and prospered." The family holdings expanded: "There was a brownstone at 6 West 50th Street. [and] a farm in Sullivan County where the four children spent their summers" (Knudsen, 1972, p. 5). One of these children, the second of three sons, Edmund W. Greacen, the future painter, was born on 18 September 1876, the year of the great Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. Growing up in a relatively affluent household, Edmund first attended the Halsey School and then continued his education at New York University, where his curriculum included art. However, it seems that other activit... Read full biography
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The artist's father, Thomas Edmund Greacen, arrived in New York from Scotland in 1868 and became active in the shoe business. Soon he married Isabella Wiggins, "the daughter of a wealthy New York family; applied her capital and his own shrewd judgment to the wholesale shoe trade, and prospered." The family holdings expanded: "There was a brownstone at 6 West 50th Street. . . [and] a farm in Sullivan County where the four children spent their summers" (Knudsen, 1972, p. 5). One of these children, the second of three sons, Edmund W. Greacen, the future painter, was born on 18 September 1876, the year of the great Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. Growing up in a relatively affluent household, Edmund first attended th...But wait, there's more...
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