Gamaliel Waldo Beaman, born in Westminster, Massachusetts, was a student at the Lowell Institute and exhibited at the Boston Art Club in the 1870s and 1880s. In 1878, he went to Paris, France for... Read full biography
Gamaliel Waldo Beaman, born in Westminster, Massachusetts, was a student at the Lowell Institute and exhibited at the Boston Art Club in the 1870s and 1880s. In 1878, he went to Paris, France for further study. His preference, however, was for a more rural lifestyle. He lived in Northfield,... Read full biography
Gamaliel Waldo Beaman, born in Westminster, Massachusetts, was a student at the Lowell Institute and exhibited at the Boston Art Club in the 1870s and 1880s. In 1878, he went to Paris, France for further study. His preference, however, was for a more rural lifestyle. He lived in Northfield, Massachusetts, purportedly with a mountain hermit. During that time he received a commission from the Evangelist Dwight Moody and also met Mary Priest Stern, who became his wife. Mary died, however, shortly... Read full biography
Gamaliel Waldo Beaman, born in Westminster, Massachusetts, was a student at the Lowell Institute and exhibited at the Boston Art Club in the 1870s and 1880s. In 1878, he went to Paris, France for further study. His preference, however, was for a more rural lifestyle. He lived in Northfield, Massachusetts, purportedly with a mountain hermit. During that time he received a commission from the Evangelist Dwight Moody and also met Mary Priest Stern, who became his wife. Mary died, however, shortly after the birth of their second child. Beaman's second wife, Eileen Marie Sherman, was an avid traveler and enthusiastic promoter of her husbands art. He also traveled in the American West, completing oil paintings including "Black Canyon, Estes,... Read full biography
Gamaliel Waldo Beaman, born in Westminster, Massachusetts, was a student at the Lowell Institute and exhibited at the Boston Art Club in the 1870s and 1880s. In 1878, he went to Paris, France for further study. His preference, however, was for a more rural lifestyle. He lived in Northfield, Massachusetts, purportedly with a mountain hermit. During that time he received a commission from the Evangelist Dwight Moody and also met Mary Priest Stern, who became his wife. Mary died, however, shortly after the birth of their second child. Beaman's second wife, Eileen Marie Sherman, was an avid traveler and enthusiastic promoter of her husbands art. He also traveled in the American West, completing oil paintings including "Black Canyon, Estes, Colorado.". He signed his paintings in two ways, W.G. Beaman and G.W. Beaman. --------------... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (7)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Boston Art Club: 1855-1950
2000
Jarzombek, Nancy Allyn
88 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
A Sweet Foretaste of Heaven Artists in the White Mountains,1830-1930 (Exhibition catalog)
1988
McGrath, Robert/B J McAdam
99 pages (color)
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary