Salmagundi Club Painting Exhibition Records 1940-1951 and Water Color Exhibition Records 1900-1951
2009Katlan, Alexander W.
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1886 Elliston, Virginia - 1968. Known for: Magazine illustration, still-life and southern genre painting.
Born in Elliston, Virginia, Walter Biggs spent his childhood there and became an artist of much pride to his region. He has been described as representing "the South at its best, both as a gentleman... Read full biography
Born in Elliston, Virginia, Walter Biggs spent his childhood there and became an artist of much pride to his region. He has been described as representing "the South at its best, both as a gentleman and as an artist who painted the South with sensitive artistry and poetic nostalgia." (Reed 134) He... Read full biography
Born in Elliston, Virginia, Walter Biggs spent his childhood there and became an artist of much pride to his region. He has been described as representing "the South at its best, both as a gentleman and as an artist who painted the South with sensitive artistry and poetic nostalgia." (Reed 134) He also became known for his magazine illustrations including for Harper's, Scribner's, Good Housekeeping, and The Ladies' Home Journal, and as a painter, his style and subject matter reflected the... Read full biography
Born in Elliston, Virginia, Walter Biggs spent his childhood there and became an artist of much pride to his region. He has been described as representing "the South at its best, both as a gentleman and as an artist who painted the South with sensitive artistry and poetic nostalgia." (Reed 134) He also became known for his magazine illustrations including for Harper's, Scribner's, Good Housekeeping, and The Ladies' Home Journal, and as a painter, his style and subject matter reflected the AshCan School* of Social Realism*. He studied at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and then went to New York City where he roomed with George Bellows while studying art at the Chase School* (later named The New York School of Art). Among his teachers were... Read full biography
Born in Elliston, Virginia, Walter Biggs spent his childhood there and became an artist of much pride to his region. He has been described as representing "the South at its best, both as a gentleman and as an artist who painted the South with sensitive artistry and poetic nostalgia." (Reed 134) He also became known for his magazine illustrations including for Harper's, Scribner's, Good Housekeeping, and The Ladies' Home Journal, and as a painter, his style and subject matter reflected the AshCan School* of Social Realism*. He studied at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and then went to New York City where he roomed with George Bellows while studying art at the Chase School* (later named The New York School of Art). Among his teachers were Edward Penfield, Lucius Hitchcock, Kenneth Hayes Miller and Robert Henri, a special influence o... Read full biography
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesThe Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001Reed, Walt452 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers)
1999Steiner, Raymond J0 pagesAmerican Illustrator Art Official Price Guide
1991Gilbert Anne1,991 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings622 pagesThe Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)1,117 pagesMantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesThe Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration
1984Reed, Walt and Roger355 pages (color)The Immortal Eight & Its Influenc
1983
(Exhibition catalog)Perlman, Bennard B108 pagesDictionary of American Artists
1982Opitz, Glenn372 pagesGolden Age of American Illustration F R Gruger and His Circle
1978Perlman, Bennard B232 pages (color)The American Painting Collection of the Montclair Art Museum
1977Gamble, Kathryn (Foreward); Thomas Hoving, William Gerdts, Lloyd Goodrich268 pages (color)A Century and Half of American Art, 1825-1975
1975
(Exhibition catalog)National Academy of Design262 pages100 Watercolor Techniques
1968Kent, Norman216 pages (color)The Illustrator in America 1900-1960s
1966Reed, Walt272 pages (color)National Academy of Design, 35th Exhibition February 25-March 20, 1960
1960
(Exhibition catalog)Harbeson, John F. (Foreward)128 pagesHistory of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954Clark, Eliot296 pagesForty Illustrators and How They Work
1947Watson, Ernest W0 pages (color)The Fifty-fifth Annual American Exhibition: Water Colors and Drawings
1944
(Exhibition catalog)The Art Institute of Chicago22 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesA History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One
1932Hartmann, Sadekichi363 pages