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1873 Waveland, Mississippi - 1930 Paris, France. Known for: Wild animal sculpture, figural.
The following biography, submitted February 2007, is from George Putnam Jr., son of the artist. Arthur Putnam was born in Waveland, Mississippi and spent most of his childhood in Omaha, Nebraska. At... Read full biography
The following biography, submitted February 2007, is from George Putnam Jr., son of the artist. Arthur Putnam was born in Waveland, Mississippi and spent most of his childhood in Omaha, Nebraska. At a very young age, Putnam manifested a natural talent for drawing and modeling clay. He was a... Read full biography
The following biography, submitted February 2007, is from George Putnam Jr., son of the artist. Arthur Putnam was born in Waveland, Mississippi and spent most of his childhood in Omaha, Nebraska. At a very young age, Putnam manifested a natural talent for drawing and modeling clay. He was a rebellious youth but was not shy of hard work, and at sixteen worked the riverboats and managed to keep up many odd jobs. Later, he would soon settle with his widowed mother on a ranch in San Diego County,... Read full biography
The following biography, submitted February 2007, is from George Putnam Jr., son of the artist. Arthur Putnam was born in Waveland, Mississippi and spent most of his childhood in Omaha, Nebraska. At a very young age, Putnam manifested a natural talent for drawing and modeling clay. He was a rebellious youth but was not shy of hard work, and at sixteen worked the riverboats and managed to keep up many odd jobs. Later, he would soon settle with his widowed mother on a ranch in San Diego County, California. In 1894 he was accepted as an assistant in the sculpture studio of Rupert Schmid. He worked in other studios as well including the studio of animal sculptor Edward Kemeys, the studio of painter Gottardo Piazzoni, the studio of sculptor... Read full biography
The following biography, submitted February 2007, is from George Putnam Jr., son of the artist. Arthur Putnam was born in Waveland, Mississippi and spent most of his childhood in Omaha, Nebraska. At a very young age, Putnam manifested a natural talent for drawing and modeling clay. He was a rebellious youth but was not shy of hard work, and at sixteen worked the riverboats and managed to keep up many odd jobs. Later, he would soon settle with his widowed mother on a ranch in San Diego County, California. In 1894 he was accepted as an assistant in the sculpture studio of Rupert Schmid. He worked in other studios as well including the studio of animal sculptor Edward Kemeys, the studio of painter Gottardo Piazzoni, the studio of sculptor Earl Cummings, and with many architectural firms within the city of San Francisco.... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Itinerant Artist
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Plaster
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Northern California Before 1900
Art Association
- •Bohemian Club
- •National Sculpture Society
- •San Francisco Art Association-
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Animal Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Sculpture Society-
- •San Francisco Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Armory Show 1913, New York
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts