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Joseph Goodhue Chandler BIOGRAPHY
1813 South Hadley, Massachusetts - 1884 Hubbardstown, Massachusetts. Known for: Itinerant naive portrait, still life and landscape painting.
An itinerant painter who was born in Massachusetts, Joseph Chandler was a typical folk artist who traveled from place to place painting portraits, but unlike many of them who remained anonymous, he... Read full biography
An itinerant painter who was born in Massachusetts, Joseph Chandler was a typical folk artist who traveled from place to place painting portraits, but unlike many of them who remained anonymous, he signed and dated his paintings on the backs of the canvases. He also painted an occasional still life... Read full biography
An itinerant painter who was born in Massachusetts, Joseph Chandler was a typical folk artist who traveled from place to place painting portraits, but unlike many of them who remained anonymous, he signed and dated his paintings on the backs of the canvases. He also painted an occasional still life and landscape. He was especially skilled with child portraits in that he captured the awkwardness of his sitters and often included toys and pets and a landscape in the background--something he did... Read full biography
An itinerant painter who was born in Massachusetts, Joseph Chandler was a typical folk artist who traveled from place to place painting portraits, but unlike many of them who remained anonymous, he signed and dated his paintings on the backs of the canvases. He also painted an occasional still life and landscape. He was especially skilled with child portraits in that he captured the awkwardness of his sitters and often included toys and pets and a landscape in the background--something he did not do with his adult subjects.... Read full biography
An itinerant painter who was born in Massachusetts, Joseph Chandler was a typical folk artist who traveled from place to place painting portraits, but unlike many of them who remained anonymous, he signed and dated his paintings on the backs of the canvases. He also painted an occasional still life and landscape. He was especially skilled with child portraits in that he captured the awkwardness of his sitters and often included toys and pets and a landscape in the background--something he did not do with his adult subjects.... Read full biography
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An itinerant painter who was born in Massachusetts, Joseph Chandler was a typical folk artist who traveled from place to place painting portraits, but unlike many of them who remained anonymous, he signed and dated his paintings on the backs of the canvases. He also painted an occasional still life and landscape.
He was especially skilled with child portraits in that he captured the awkwardness of his sitters and often included toys and pets and a landscape in the background--something he did not do with his adult subjects....But wait, there's more...
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