The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, ISA ˜ Fine Art Consultant. www.pkart.com. Parker S. Perkins. 1862-1942. Parker S. Perkins was born in Lowell, MA on March 16, 1862 and died on Sunday, October... Read full biography
The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, ISA ˜ Fine Art Consultant. www.pkart.com. Parker S. Perkins. 1862-1942. Parker S. Perkins was born in Lowell, MA on March 16, 1862 and died on Sunday, October 18,1942 at the age of 80. Perkins — a highly respected, self-taught marine painter of Rockport, MA—... Read full biography
The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, ISA ˜ Fine Art Consultant. www.pkart.com. Parker S. Perkins. 1862-1942. Parker S. Perkins was born in Lowell, MA on March 16, 1862 and died on Sunday, October 18,1942 at the age of 80. Perkins — a highly respected, self-taught marine painter of Rockport, MA— is remembered for his harbors, ships, and coastal scenes as well as interiors and kittens. He loved kittens and would have anywhere from three to twenty at a time. Although born in Lowell, Perkins... Read full biography
The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, ISA ˜ Fine Art Consultant. www.pkart.com. Parker S. Perkins. 1862-1942. Parker S. Perkins was born in Lowell, MA on March 16, 1862 and died on Sunday, October 18,1942 at the age of 80. Perkins — a highly respected, self-taught marine painter of Rockport, MA— is remembered for his harbors, ships, and coastal scenes as well as interiors and kittens. He loved kittens and would have anywhere from three to twenty at a time. Although born in Lowell, Perkins spent most of his youth in Gardner, MA and is considered to be one of the city's most successful citizens. He was never very famous or collected by New England museums and never achieved financial success, but because he painted for the sake of... Read full biography
The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, ISA ˜ Fine Art Consultant. www.pkart.com. Parker S. Perkins. 1862-1942. Parker S. Perkins was born in Lowell, MA on March 16, 1862 and died on Sunday, October 18,1942 at the age of 80. Perkins — a highly respected, self-taught marine painter of Rockport, MA— is remembered for his harbors, ships, and coastal scenes as well as interiors and kittens. He loved kittens and would have anywhere from three to twenty at a time. Although born in Lowell, Perkins spent most of his youth in Gardner, MA and is considered to be one of the city's most successful citizens. He was never very famous or collected by New England museums and never achieved financial success, but because he painted for the sake of creating what he loved, he is one of America's success stories. Always dignified with a high sense of drama, P... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (9)
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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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Artists of the Rockport Art Association, 1980: Sixtieth Anniversary Edition
1980
Lippincott, Miriam, editor
0 pages
Rockport Sketchbook Stories of Early Art and Artists
1965
Cooley, John L
119 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index