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1817 Bavaria, Germany - 1896 Brooklyn, New York. Known for: Trompe still life, landscape and genre painting.
Known for lush still lifes, full of the sense of texture from smooth to rough, he placed fruit in natural settings with animals and plants. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, and emigrated to New York... Read full biography
Known for lush still lifes, full of the sense of texture from smooth to rough, he placed fruit in natural settings with animals and plants. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, and emigrated to New York in 1865 with his wife and seven children. By 1870, he was exhibiting paintings at the National... Read full biography
Known for lush still lifes, full of the sense of texture from smooth to rough, he placed fruit in natural settings with animals and plants. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, and emigrated to New York in 1865 with his wife and seven children. By 1870, he was exhibiting paintings at the National Academy of Design and at the Boston Athenaeum. He lived primarily in Brooklyn until his death in 1896. His name was frequently misspelled as "Foster". He exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association in 1879... Read full biography
Known for lush still lifes, full of the sense of texture from smooth to rough, he placed fruit in natural settings with animals and plants. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, and emigrated to New York in 1865 with his wife and seven children. By 1870, he was exhibiting paintings at the National Academy of Design and at the Boston Athenaeum. He lived primarily in Brooklyn until his death in 1896. His name was frequently misspelled as "Foster". He exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association in 1879 under the name of Foster. His sons, Henry and George Jr. were both artists, George Jr.'s paintings are often confused with his father's as they are both found to be signed "G. Forster". Source:. Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"... Read full biography
Known for lush still lifes, full of the sense of texture from smooth to rough, he placed fruit in natural settings with animals and plants. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, and emigrated to New York in 1865 with his wife and seven children. By 1870, he was exhibiting paintings at the National Academy of Design and at the Boston Athenaeum. He lived primarily in Brooklyn until his death in 1896. His name was frequently misspelled as "Foster". He exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association in 1879 under the name of Foster. His sons, Henry and George Jr. were both artists, George Jr.'s paintings are often confused with his father's as they are both found to be signed "G. Forster". Source:. Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"
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Books & Publications (10)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesImages of America The Painter's Eye, 1833-1925
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Baekland, Frederick160 pages (color)Cornell Collects: A Celebration of American Art from the Collections of Alumni and Friends, Cornell University
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Leavitt, Thomas (Intro); Richard Schwartz; Frank H.T. Rhodes196 pages (color)American Paintings V 1988
1988Berry-Hill Galleries180 pages (color)The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874
1980
(Exhibition catalog)Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III325 pages (color)Kaleidoscope of American Painting: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
1978
(Exhibition catalog)William Rockhill Nelson G of A72 pages (color)Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
1973
(Exhibition catalog)Naylor, Maria1,075 pagesAmerican Still Life Painting
1971Gerdts, William; Russell Burke264 pages (color)