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1866 Lawrence, Kansas - 1940 Laguna Beach, California. Known for: Landscape, figure, portrait, marine.
Biography as found in Artists in California 1876-1940 by Edan Hughes, courtesy of DeRu's Fine Arts. William Griffith was born in Lawrence, Kansas on August 19, 1866. He studied art at the Washington... Read full biography
Biography as found in Artists in California 1876-1940 by Edan Hughes, courtesy of DeRu's Fine Arts. William Griffith was born in Lawrence, Kansas on August 19, 1866. He studied art at the Washington University in St. Louis and in 1890 furthered his art studies in Paris at Academie Julian under... Read full biography
Biography as found in Artists in California 1876-1940 by Edan Hughes, courtesy of DeRu's Fine Arts. William Griffith was born in Lawrence, Kansas on August 19, 1866. He studied art at the Washington University in St. Louis and in 1890 furthered his art studies in Paris at Academie Julian under Constant and Lefebvre. Returning to his native state, he taught art for over 20 years at Kansas University. In 1918, while on a sabbatical leave, he visited his old friend and former classmate, Benjamin... Read full biography
Biography as found in Artists in California 1876-1940 by Edan Hughes, courtesy of DeRu's Fine Arts. William Griffith was born in Lawrence, Kansas on August 19, 1866. He studied art at the Washington University in St. Louis and in 1890 furthered his art studies in Paris at Academie Julian under Constant and Lefebvre. Returning to his native state, he taught art for over 20 years at Kansas University. In 1918, while on a sabbatical leave, he visited his old friend and former classmate, Benjamin Chambers Brown in Laguna Beach. Two years later Griffith moved to Laguna Beach where he became an influential member of the art colony and served as president of the local art association. Before his move to California, he painted many portraits, but... Read full biography
Biography as found in Artists in California 1876-1940 by Edan Hughes, courtesy of DeRu's Fine Arts. William Griffith was born in Lawrence, Kansas on August 19, 1866. He studied art at the Washington University in St. Louis and in 1890 furthered his art studies in Paris at Academie Julian under Constant and Lefebvre. Returning to his native state, he taught art for over 20 years at Kansas University. In 1918, while on a sabbatical leave, he visited his old friend and former classmate, Benjamin Chambers Brown in Laguna Beach. Two years later Griffith moved to Laguna Beach where he became an influential member of the art colony and served as president of the local art association. Before his move to California, he painted many portraits, but soon turned his attention to the surrounding landscape. Working in oil and pastel, Griffith also painted many beach scenes and marines.... Read full biography
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Born Lawrence, Aug. 19, 1866; died Laguna Beach, CA, May 25, 1940. Painter. Lecturer. Educated in Emporia and at Washington University, St. Louis in the 1880's. Studied at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts and in Paris in 1892-93 at the Academié Julian under Jules Lefebvre and Benjamin Constant. Worked as an art instructor at Washburn College, Topeka 1895-96, at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts 1896-99, and was head of the Art Dept. at the University of Kansas, Lawrence from 1899- 1920. Griffith moved to Laguna Beach, CA in 1920 where he joined the Laguna Beach Art Colony. Through his personal efforts, the University of Kansas obtained the art collection of Sallie Casey Thayer (Mrs. William born Thayer) of Kansas City.Biography from the Archives of askART
Biography as found in Artists in California 1876-1940 by Edan Hughes, courtesy of DeRu's Fine Arts
William Griffith was born in Lawrence, Kansas on August 19, 1866. He studied art at the Washington University in St. Louis and in 1890 furthered his art studies in Paris at Academie Julian under Constant and Lefebvre. Returning to his native state, he taught art for over 20 years at Kansas University. In 1918, while on a sabbatical leave, he visited his old friend and former classmate, Benjamin Chambers Brown in Laguna Beach. Two years later Griffith moved to Laguna Beach where he became an influential member of the art colony and served as president of the local art association.
Before his move to California, he painted many portraits, but soon turned his attention to the surrounding landscape. Working in oil and pastel, Griffith also painted many beach scenes and marines. He died in Laguna Beach on May 25, 1940.Biography from William A. Karges Fine Art
William Griffith was born in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1866, and studied art at Washington University in St. Louis. Griffith also studied at the Academie Julian in Paris, before returning to the U.S. for a teaching position at Kansas University that would keep him busy for the next 20 years.
In 1918, Griffith first visited Southern California, and two years later moved to Laguna Beach, where he served as President of the Laguna Beach Art Association. Griffith was captivated by the beauty of his new surroundings, and he was a prolific landscape and coastal painter until his death in 1940.