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1842 Bucksport, Maine - 1909 Medfield, Massachusetts. Known for: Marine-ship portrait and genre painting.
William Pierce Stubbs was born in Orrington, Maine, in 1842. He was the son of a shipmaster, and he was probably master of his father's ship from 1863-73. By 1871 he painted what is likely his first... Read full biography
William Pierce Stubbs was born in Orrington, Maine, in 1842. He was the son of a shipmaster, and he was probably master of his father's ship from 1863-73. By 1871 he painted what is likely his first ship portrait, and by 1876 he was listed as a marine painter in the Boston city directory. While... Read full biography
William Pierce Stubbs was born in Orrington, Maine, in 1842. He was the son of a shipmaster, and he was probably master of his father's ship from 1863-73. By 1871 he painted what is likely his first ship portrait, and by 1876 he was listed as a marine painter in the Boston city directory. While there, Stubbs shared a studio with Wesley Webber. Later, he had studios in Boston, and Charlestown where it is likely that Badger was his student. After the death of his wife and daughter, Stubbs sank... Read full biography
William Pierce Stubbs was born in Orrington, Maine, in 1842. He was the son of a shipmaster, and he was probably master of his father's ship from 1863-73. By 1871 he painted what is likely his first ship portrait, and by 1876 he was listed as a marine painter in the Boston city directory. While there, Stubbs shared a studio with Wesley Webber. Later, he had studios in Boston, and Charlestown where it is likely that Badger was his student. After the death of his wife and daughter, Stubbs sank into a manic depression, and spoke of "spirit magnetism." He was committed in 1894 to Worcester State Hospital, and then to the Medfield State Hospital in 1899. He later died there, in 1909. Stubbs participated in the International Marine Exhibition of... Read full biography
William Pierce Stubbs was born in Orrington, Maine, in 1842. He was the son of a shipmaster, and he was probably master of his father's ship from 1863-73. By 1871 he painted what is likely his first ship portrait, and by 1876 he was listed as a marine painter in the Boston city directory. While there, Stubbs shared a studio with Wesley Webber. Later, he had studios in Boston, and Charlestown where it is likely that Badger was his student. After the death of his wife and daughter, Stubbs sank into a manic depression, and spoke of "spirit magnetism." He was committed in 1894 to Worcester State Hospital, and then to the Medfield State Hospital in 1899. He later died there, in 1909. Stubbs participated in the International Marine Exhibition of 1889, in Boston. His paintings are held in the collections at the Mariner's Museum, the Mystic Seaport Museum, the Beverly Historical Society,... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesVose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Winter 2003, Volume XI
2003Vose, Marcia Latimore (Editor)36 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesAmerican Painting Frank S. Schwarz & Son, Philadelphia
1994
(Exhibition catalog)Editors56 pages (color)Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990Gerdts, William H421 pages (color)American Paintings
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Schwarz-Philadelphia36 pages (color)300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986Zellman, Michael David1,102 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesAmerican Landscape/Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society (3 vols)
1982Koke, Richard J1,243 pagesDictionary of Sea Painters
1980Archibald, E H H455 pages (color)Folk Painters of America
1979Bishop, Robert255 pages (color)American Folk Painters
1975Ebert, John and Katherine225 pages (color)Boston Painters 1720-1940
1968
(Exhibition catalog)Boston University70 pagesThe Marine Paintings and Drawings in the Peabody Museum
1968Brewington, M V and Dorothy530 pages (color)Maine and Its Role in American Art, 1740-1953
1963Chase, Mary Ellen; Louisa Dresser, Nina Fletcher Little, et all178 pages (color)