Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Will Howe Foote was an Impressionist* painter whose style was much influenced by the atmospherics of Tonalism* and then Impressionism of the Old Lyme, Connecticut... Read full biography
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Will Howe Foote was an Impressionist* painter whose style was much influenced by the atmospherics of Tonalism* and then Impressionism of the Old Lyme, Connecticut painters with whom he associated. He was one of that Colony's earliest artists, first arriving to paint... Read full biography
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Will Howe Foote was an Impressionist* painter whose style was much influenced by the atmospherics of Tonalism* and then Impressionism of the Old Lyme, Connecticut painters with whom he associated. He was one of that Colony's earliest artists, first arriving to paint in the summer of 1901, and, dying in 1965, he was the last surviving member of the original Colony members. However, much of his painting subject matter came from other locations, as he was not very... Read full biography
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Will Howe Foote was an Impressionist* painter whose style was much influenced by the atmospherics of Tonalism* and then Impressionism of the Old Lyme, Connecticut painters with whom he associated. He was one of that Colony's earliest artists, first arriving to paint in the summer of 1901, and, dying in 1965, he was the last surviving member of the original Colony members. However, much of his painting subject matter came from other locations, as he was not very fond of the dominance of the color green in the Old Lyme environs. He was the nephew of artist William Henry Howe, and in 1901 accompanied this uncle to Old Lyme whose beauties had been touted to the young Foote by Clark Voorhees, whom he had met in... Read full biography
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Will Howe Foote was an Impressionist* painter whose style was much influenced by the atmospherics of Tonalism* and then Impressionism of the Old Lyme, Connecticut painters with whom he associated. He was one of that Colony's earliest artists, first arriving to paint in the summer of 1901, and, dying in 1965, he was the last surviving member of the original Colony members. However, much of his painting subject matter came from other locations, as he was not very fond of the dominance of the color green in the Old Lyme environs. He was the nephew of artist William Henry Howe, and in 1901 accompanied this uncle to Old Lyme whose beauties had been touted to the young Foote by Clark Voorhees, whom he had met in France. Both Will Howe Foote and his uncle were raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan where his father held an executi... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (35)
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Myron Barlow, 1873-1937 A painter and his model jcl.lesage@free.fr
2012
Lesage, Jean-Claude
80 pages (color)
jcl.lesage@free.fr
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 Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
0 pages
Record of the Carnegie Institute International Exhibition, 1896-1996 (Exhibition catalog)
1998
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists
1996
Shipp, Steve
159 pages
American Impressionism from the Sheldon Memorial Gallery (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Gerdts, William (Essay); George Neubert, (Editor)
79 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
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988
Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy
376 pages (color)
The American Spirit: Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from 1817-1987 H V Allison Galleries (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Riehlman, Franklin; Glen C. Peck
54 pages (color)
Artists of Michigan from The Nineteenth Century (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Sweeney, J Gray
215 pages
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
American Impressionism (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Gerdts, William H
336 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Artists of Grand Rapids 1840-1980 The Grand Rapids Art Museum and the Grand Rapids Public Museum (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Sweeney, J.Gray
131 pages (color)
Connecticut and American Impressionism (William Benton Museum of Art) (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Spencer, Harold; Susan Larkin, Jeffrey Andersen (Essays)
184 pages (color)
Artists of Early Michigan A Biographical Dictionary of Artists Native To or Active in Michigan 1701-1900
1975
Gibson, Arthur Hopkin
250 pages
American Impressionism
1974
Boyle, Richard
238 pages (color)
Biographical Sketches of American Artists
1972
Earle, Helen L
370 pages
The Connecticut Artists Collection
1968
Mattatuck Historical Society
84 pages
The Art Colony at Old Lyme 1900-3 (Exhibition catalog)
1966
Connecticut College for Women
67 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1953
1953
Gilbert, Dorothy B.
557 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1947
1947
Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor)
685 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index