About Parker Perkins

  • Biography

    The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, ISA ˜ Fine Art Consultant. www.pkart.com

    Parker S. Perkins
    1862-1942

    Parker S. Perkins was born in Lowell, MA on March 16, 1862 and died on Sunday, October 18,1942 at the age of 80. Perkins — a highly respected, self-taught marine painter of Rockport, MA— is remembered for his harbors, ships, and coastal scenes as well as interiors and kittens. He loved kittens and would have anywhere from three to twenty at a time.

    Although born in Lowell, Perkins spent most of his youth in Gardner, MA and is considered to be one of the city's most successful citizens. He was never very famous or collected by New England museums and never achieved financial success, but because...

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