George Willoughby Maynard (1843-1923), portrait and mural painter, was born in Washington, D.C. He arrived in New York City in 1866 to begin drawing lessons with sculptor Henry Kirke Brown, and the... Read full biography
George Willoughby Maynard (1843-1923), portrait and mural painter, was born in Washington, D.C. He arrived in New York City in 1866 to begin drawing lessons with sculptor Henry Kirke Brown, and the next year began two years of study at the National Academy of Design*. In 1869, he left for Europe,... Read full biography
George Willoughby Maynard (1843-1923), portrait and mural painter, was born in Washington, D.C. He arrived in New York City in 1866 to begin drawing lessons with sculptor Henry Kirke Brown, and the next year began two years of study at the National Academy of Design*. In 1869, he left for Europe, traveling with his teacher Edwin D. White. Maynard enrolled in the Royal Academy of Antwerp* as a student of Joseph van Lerius. Among his classmates was Frances Millet, with whom he traveled in 1873 to... Read full biography
George Willoughby Maynard (1843-1923), portrait and mural painter, was born in Washington, D.C. He arrived in New York City in 1866 to begin drawing lessons with sculptor Henry Kirke Brown, and the next year began two years of study at the National Academy of Design*. In 1869, he left for Europe, traveling with his teacher Edwin D. White. Maynard enrolled in the Royal Academy of Antwerp* as a student of Joseph van Lerius. Among his classmates was Frances Millet, with whom he traveled in 1873 to Greece, Turkey and the Black Sea region. He was in Rome the winter of 1873-1874, and then returned to live in New York City, but shortly after he went to Boston to help John LaFarge with the mural decorations of Trinity Church. Then, stirred by... Read full biography
George Willoughby Maynard (1843-1923), portrait and mural painter, was born in Washington, D.C. He arrived in New York City in 1866 to begin drawing lessons with sculptor Henry Kirke Brown, and the next year began two years of study at the National Academy of Design*. In 1869, he left for Europe, traveling with his teacher Edwin D. White. Maynard enrolled in the Royal Academy of Antwerp* as a student of Joseph van Lerius. Among his classmates was Frances Millet, with whom he traveled in 1873 to Greece, Turkey and the Black Sea region. He was in Rome the winter of 1873-1874, and then returned to live in New York City, but shortly after he went to Boston to help John LaFarge with the mural decorations of Trinity Church. Then, stirred by interest in becoming more proficient with murals, he returned to Europe to "make a study of decorative painting... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (45)
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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
Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925
2004
Dearinger, David B.
672 pages (color)
Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from Smith College Museum
1999
Editor, Smith College Museum
307 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Tile Club: And the Aesthetic Movement in America
1999
Pisano, Ronald; M Apicello
112 pages (color)
The Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
0 pages
Revisiting the White City American Art at the 1893 World's Fair (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Carr, Carolyn K
408 pages (color)
Telling Tales 19th Century Narrative Painting (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Pennsylvania Academy
100 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons
1990
Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface
430 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
1989
Fresella-Lee, Nancy
222 pages (color)
Idle Hours Americans at Leisure 1865-1914
1988
Pisano, Ronald G
155 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985
Smithsonian Institution
461 pages
American Painting V 2, Catalog, Metropolitan Mus Artists born 1816-45
1985
Spasky, Natalie
671 pages
The Quest for Unity American Art between World's Fairs 1876-1893 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Detroit Institute of the Arts
272 pages (color)
Artists by Themselves Artist's Portrait's from the National Academy of Design (Exhibition catalog)
1983
National Academy of Design
175 pages (color)
Dictionary of 19th Century American Artists in Italy (1760-1940)
1982
Soria, Regina
332 pages
An American Perspective: Nineteenth Century Art From the Collection of Jo Ann & Julian Ganz (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Wilmerding, John; Linda Ayres, Earl Powell
180 pages (color)
Academy The Academic Tradition in American Art
1978
Fink, Lois Marie
62 pages (color)
American Art to 1900 Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
1977
Brown, Milton W
631 pages (color)
Turn-of-the-Century America Paintings, Graphics, Photographs 1890-1910 (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Hills, Patricia
194 pages (color)
American Art at the Century
1977
Mayor, A. Hyatt; Mark Davis
0 pages
Recent Ideals of Americn Art
1977
Sheldon, George William
176 pages
American Art: An Exhibition from the Collection of Mr & Mrs John D Rockefeller 3rd (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Richardson, Edgar P
247 pages (color)
Academy The Academic Tradition in American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Fink, Lois M/Joshua Taylor
272 pages
The Great American Nude A History in Art
1974
Gerdts, William H
224 pages (color)
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 pages
Biographical Sketches of American Artists
1972
Earle, Helen L
370 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
American Portraits Catalogue of Portraits in Oil, Miniature, Sculptures
1941
New York Historical Society
367 pages
The Story of American Painting The Evolution of Painting in America
1937
Caffin, Charles H
396 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One
1932
Hartmann, Sadekichi
363 pages
The History and Ideals of American Art
1931
Neuhaus, Eugen
444 pages
The History of American Painting (supplemental chapters by Royal Cortissoz)