Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Gilbert Gaul became a painter of highly realistic western scenes showing interaction between Caucasian people and Indians. He attended schools in Newark, New Jersey... Read full biography
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Gilbert Gaul became a painter of highly realistic western scenes showing interaction between Caucasian people and Indians. He attended schools in Newark, New Jersey and the Claverack Military Academy, but ill health prevented him from pursuing a naval career. In the... Read full biography
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Gilbert Gaul became a painter of highly realistic western scenes showing interaction between Caucasian people and Indians. He attended schools in Newark, New Jersey and the Claverack Military Academy, but ill health prevented him from pursuing a naval career. In the 1870s, he began the study of art, enrolling in New York at the National Academy of Design where he studied with Lemuel Wilmarth and at the Art Students League with John George Brown. In 1882, he was... Read full biography
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Gilbert Gaul became a painter of highly realistic western scenes showing interaction between Caucasian people and Indians. He attended schools in Newark, New Jersey and the Claverack Military Academy, but ill health prevented him from pursuing a naval career. In the 1870s, he began the study of art, enrolling in New York at the National Academy of Design where he studied with Lemuel Wilmarth and at the Art Students League with John George Brown. In 1882, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Design. He spent four years in Van Buren, Tennessee, painting Civil War depictions and rural genre and then worked as an illustrator for several magazines including Harper's Monthly. Numerous times from... Read full biography
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Gilbert Gaul became a painter of highly realistic western scenes showing interaction between Caucasian people and Indians. He attended schools in Newark, New Jersey and the Claverack Military Academy, but ill health prevented him from pursuing a naval career. In the 1870s, he began the study of art, enrolling in New York at the National Academy of Design where he studied with Lemuel Wilmarth and at the Art Students League with John George Brown. In 1882, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Design. He spent four years in Van Buren, Tennessee, painting Civil War depictions and rural genre and then worked as an illustrator for several magazines including Harper's Monthly. Numerous times from 1876 he traveled in the West, living on Army posts and with Indian tribes and recording the various li... Read full biography
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The American West Reimagined: Gems from the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction
2021
Peterson, Dr. Larry Len
528 pages (color)
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)
Tales from the Easel: American Narrative Paintings from Southeastern Museums
2004
Eldredge and Eiland
0 pages (color)
Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Winter 2003, Volume XI