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Oscar Anderson BIOGRAPHY
1873 Gotland, Sweden - 1953 Cincinnati, Ohio. Known for: Coastal and other landscape painting.
A painter and photographer, Oscar Anderson was born in Gotland, Sweden and emigrated to the United States where he settled in Connecticut and studied art with Charles Noel Flagg in Hartford. In 1908,... Read full biography
A painter and photographer, Oscar Anderson was born in Gotland, Sweden and emigrated to the United States where he settled in Connecticut and studied art with Charles Noel Flagg in Hartford. In 1908, Anderson moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts and was a leader in the Cape Ann Art Colony, working in... Read full biography
A painter and photographer, Oscar Anderson was born in Gotland, Sweden and emigrated to the United States where he settled in Connecticut and studied art with Charles Noel Flagg in Hartford. In 1908, Anderson moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts and was a leader in the Cape Ann Art Colony, working in his home studio at Highlands Court and running a gallery on Rocky Neck Avenue. He was the first vice president of the Gloucester Society of Artists in 1922 when it formed, and then served for many... Read full biography
A painter and photographer, Oscar Anderson was born in Gotland, Sweden and emigrated to the United States where he settled in Connecticut and studied art with Charles Noel Flagg in Hartford. In 1908, Anderson moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts and was a leader in the Cape Ann Art Colony, working in his home studio at Highlands Court and running a gallery on Rocky Neck Avenue. He was the first vice president of the Gloucester Society of Artists in 1922 when it formed, and then served for many years as president. He was also a founding member of the North Shore Arts Association and the Boston Art Club and was founder of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts. During the 1930s, he did numerous WPA murals. Source:. Peter Hastings Falk, Editor,... Read full biography
A painter and photographer, Oscar Anderson was born in Gotland, Sweden and emigrated to the United States where he settled in Connecticut and studied art with Charles Noel Flagg in Hartford. In 1908, Anderson moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts and was a leader in the Cape Ann Art Colony, working in his home studio at Highlands Court and running a gallery on Rocky Neck Avenue. He was the first vice president of the Gloucester Society of Artists in 1922 when it formed, and then served for many years as president. He was also a founding member of the North Shore Arts Association and the Boston Art Club and was founder of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts. During the 1930s, he did numerous WPA murals. Source:. Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art
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A painter and photographer, Oscar Anderson was born in Gotland, Sweden and emigrated to the United States where he settled in Connecticut and studied art with Charles Noel Flagg in Hartford.
In 1908, Anderson moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts and was a leader in the Cape Ann Art Colony, working in his home studio at Highlands Court and running a gallery on Rocky Neck Avenue.
He was the first vice president of the Gloucester Society of Artists in 1922 when it formed, and then served for many years as president. He was also a founding member of the North Shore Arts Association and the Boston Art Club and was founder of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts. During the 1930s, he did numerous WPA murals.<...But wait, there's more...
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