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Neil G Welliver BIOGRAPHY
1929 Millville, Pennsylvania - 2005 Belfast, Maine. Known for: Paintings-landscape, figure, animal.
The following biography is from an essay on the web site of Neil Welliver (www.neilwelliver.com) as referenced by Ken Somer and written by Edgar Allen Beem:. "Robert M. Doty, former director of the... Read full biography
The following biography is from an essay on the web site of Neil Welliver (www.neilwelliver.com) as referenced by Ken Somer and written by Edgar Allen Beem:. "Robert M. Doty, former director of the Currier Gallery in New Hampshire, for instance, has called Welliver 'one of the best landscape... Read full biography
The following biography is from an essay on the web site of Neil Welliver (www.neilwelliver.com) as referenced by Ken Somer and written by Edgar Allen Beem:. "Robert M. Doty, former director of the Currier Gallery in New Hampshire, for instance, has called Welliver 'one of the best landscape painters in America.' Former United States Poet Laureate Mark Strand has dubbed Welliver 'the finest landscape painter America has produced.' Art historian Frank H. Goodyear, Jr. has seconded that... Read full biography
The following biography is from an essay on the web site of Neil Welliver (www.neilwelliver.com) as referenced by Ken Somer and written by Edgar Allen Beem:. "Robert M. Doty, former director of the Currier Gallery in New Hampshire, for instance, has called Welliver 'one of the best landscape painters in America.' Former United States Poet Laureate Mark Strand has dubbed Welliver 'the finest landscape painter America has produced.' Art historian Frank H. Goodyear, Jr. has seconded that nomination, writing that 'America has not seen a native landscape painter of the genius of Neil Welliver since Frederic Church (1826-1900).' And Time magazine art critic Robert Hughes has concluded that 'Welliver's huge paintings of the Maine woods are among... Read full biography
The following biography is from an essay on the web site of Neil Welliver (www.neilwelliver.com) as referenced by Ken Somer and written by Edgar Allen Beem:. "Robert M. Doty, former director of the Currier Gallery in New Hampshire, for instance, has called Welliver 'one of the best landscape painters in America.' Former United States Poet Laureate Mark Strand has dubbed Welliver 'the finest landscape painter America has produced.' Art historian Frank H. Goodyear, Jr. has seconded that nomination, writing that 'America has not seen a native landscape painter of the genius of Neil Welliver since Frederic Church (1826-1900).' And Time magazine art critic Robert Hughes has concluded that 'Welliver's huge paintings of the Maine woods are among the strongest images in modern American art.'. The historical importance of Neil Welliver's landscapes, then, is that they repr... Read full biography
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The following biography is from an essay on the web site of Neil Welliver (www.neilwelliver.com) as referenced by Ken Somer and written by Edgar Allen Beem:
"Robert M. Doty, former director of the Currier Gallery in New Hampshire, for instance, has called Welliver 'one of the best landscape painters in America.' Former United States Poet Laureate Mark Strand has dubbed Welliver 'the finest landscape painter America has produced.' Art historian Frank H. Goodyear, Jr. has seconded that nomination, writing that 'America has not seen a native landscape painter of the genius of Neil Welliver since Frederic Church (1826-1900).' And Time magazine art critic Robert Hughes has concluded that 'Welliver's huge paintings of the Maine w...But wait, there's more...
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