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1887 London, Ontario, Canada - 1922 San Francisco, California. Known for: Modernist figure painting, genre-symbols, views.
Edward Middleton Manigault was born in London, Ontario, Canada on June 14, 1887. Manigault had a mental breakdown while serving as an ambulance driver for the Canadian Expeditionary Forces during the... Read full biography
Edward Middleton Manigault was born in London, Ontario, Canada on June 14, 1887. Manigault had a mental breakdown while serving as an ambulance driver for the Canadian Expeditionary Forces during the World War. Opting for an art career, he was a pupil of Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller in... Read full biography
Edward Middleton Manigault was born in London, Ontario, Canada on June 14, 1887. Manigault had a mental breakdown while serving as an ambulance driver for the Canadian Expeditionary Forces during the World War. Opting for an art career, he was a pupil of Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller in NYC. In search of a therapeutic climate, he left NYC in 1919 and settled in Los Angeles. As the Hindu mystics advocated, he fasted for months in an attempt to achieve a spiritual vision for his... Read full biography
Edward Middleton Manigault was born in London, Ontario, Canada on June 14, 1887. Manigault had a mental breakdown while serving as an ambulance driver for the Canadian Expeditionary Forces during the World War. Opting for an art career, he was a pupil of Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller in NYC. In search of a therapeutic climate, he left NYC in 1919 and settled in Los Angeles. As the Hindu mystics advocated, he fasted for months in an attempt to achieve a spiritual vision for his paintings. He died of starvation while visiting in San Francisco on Aug. 31, 1922. Due to his short lifespan, his works are rare. Exh: Armory Show (NYC), 1913; Columbus (OH) Museum, 2002 (retrospective). Works held in Public Places: Columbus Museum; Gibbes... Read full biography
Edward Middleton Manigault was born in London, Ontario, Canada on June 14, 1887. Manigault had a mental breakdown while serving as an ambulance driver for the Canadian Expeditionary Forces during the World War. Opting for an art career, he was a pupil of Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller in NYC. In search of a therapeutic climate, he left NYC in 1919 and settled in Los Angeles. As the Hindu mystics advocated, he fasted for months in an attempt to achieve a spiritual vision for his paintings. He died of starvation while visiting in San Francisco on Aug. 31, 1922. Due to his short lifespan, his works are rare. Exh: Armory Show (NYC), 1913; Columbus (OH) Museum, 2002 (retrospective). Works held in Public Places: Columbus Museum; Gibbes Gallery (Charleston, SC). Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940". American Art Annual 1921; SF Examiner, 9-6-1922 &... Read full biography
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Edward Middleton Manigault was born in London, Ontario, Canada on June 14, 1887. Manigault had a mental breakdown while serving as an ambulance driver for the Canadian Expeditionary Forces during the World War.
Opting for an art career, he was a pupil of Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller in NYC. In search of a therapeutic climate, he left NYC in 1919 and settled in Los Angeles. As the Hindu mystics advocated, he fasted for months in an attempt to achieve a spiritual vision for his paintings.
He died of starvation while visiting in San Francisco on Aug. 31, 1922. Due to his short lifespan, his works are rare.
Exh: Armory Show (NYC), 1913; Columbus (OH) Museum, 2002 (retrospective).
Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
American Art Annual 1921; SF Examiner, 9-6-1922 & Art News, 9-16-1922 (obits); American Art Review, Feb. 2002.
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