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1887 Brazil, Indiana - 1962 Wilmington, Delaware. Known for: Genre, portrait, illustrator.
Painter, illustrator Gayle Porter Hoskins was born July 20, 1887 in Brazil, Indiana, but he would become associated with Delaware. His subjects included dramatic episodes from American history, the... Read full biography
Painter, illustrator Gayle Porter Hoskins was born July 20, 1887 in Brazil, Indiana, but he would become associated with Delaware. His subjects included dramatic episodes from American history, the life of the cowboy, as well as formal portraits. When he was five years old, his family moved to... Read full biography
Painter, illustrator Gayle Porter Hoskins was born July 20, 1887 in Brazil, Indiana, but he would become associated with Delaware. His subjects included dramatic episodes from American history, the life of the cowboy, as well as formal portraits. When he was five years old, his family moved to Denver, Colorado, where he grew up around horses he would later paint. An artistically precocious youngster, Hoskins worked for the "Denver Post" newspaper as a cartoonist when only fourteen. Three years... Read full biography
Painter, illustrator Gayle Porter Hoskins was born July 20, 1887 in Brazil, Indiana, but he would become associated with Delaware. His subjects included dramatic episodes from American history, the life of the cowboy, as well as formal portraits. When he was five years old, his family moved to Denver, Colorado, where he grew up around horses he would later paint. An artistically precocious youngster, Hoskins worked for the "Denver Post" newspaper as a cartoonist when only fourteen. Three years later, in 1904, his mother died. When the family moved to Chicago, Hoskins studied with Thomas Wood Stevens, Charles Francis Browne, John Vanderpoel and Frank Phoenix at the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. In 1907, he became a mural designer for... Read full biography
Painter, illustrator Gayle Porter Hoskins was born July 20, 1887 in Brazil, Indiana, but he would become associated with Delaware. His subjects included dramatic episodes from American history, the life of the cowboy, as well as formal portraits. When he was five years old, his family moved to Denver, Colorado, where he grew up around horses he would later paint. An artistically precocious youngster, Hoskins worked for the "Denver Post" newspaper as a cartoonist when only fourteen. Three years later, in 1904, his mother died. When the family moved to Chicago, Hoskins studied with Thomas Wood Stevens, Charles Francis Browne, John Vanderpoel and Frank Phoenix at the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. In 1907, he became a mural designer for the Marshall Field and Company Department Store, and "Red Book Magazine" published his first illustrations. He moved to Wilmington, Dela... Read full biography
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Keywords (37)
Art Method
- •Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Cowboys
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Brandywine, Pennsylvania
- •Ogunquit, Maine
Art Association
- •Society of Illustrators-
Art Teacher
- •Howard Pyle
- •John Vanderpoel
Art School
- •Brandywine School, Student
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
- •Wilmington Academy of Art, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Genre Specialty
- •Illustration Specialty
- •Pulp Fiction Illustrator
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Society of Illustrators