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1826 Wayland, Massachusetts - 1881 Chelsea, Massachusetts. Known for: Sailing ship-coastal, structures.
Born outside Boston, Massachusetts, George Curtis remained in Boston from 1843-60 designing scenery for plays at the Boston Museum. In 1857 he and Minard Lewis designed scenery for a Boston... Read full biography
Born outside Boston, Massachusetts, George Curtis remained in Boston from 1843-60 designing scenery for plays at the Boston Museum. In 1857 he and Minard Lewis designed scenery for a Boston production of a play based on Kane's voyages in the Arctic, he also did the scenery for "The Drunkard". He... Read full biography
Born outside Boston, Massachusetts, George Curtis remained in Boston from 1843-60 designing scenery for plays at the Boston Museum. In 1857 he and Minard Lewis designed scenery for a Boston production of a play based on Kane's voyages in the Arctic, he also did the scenery for "The Drunkard". He traveled around the Northeast, Midwest (St. Louis, late 1830s), and to Europe. He began building his reputation in the 1860s as a luminist marine painter, often of Arctic subjects. He exhibited in... Read full biography
Born outside Boston, Massachusetts, George Curtis remained in Boston from 1843-60 designing scenery for plays at the Boston Museum. In 1857 he and Minard Lewis designed scenery for a Boston production of a play based on Kane's voyages in the Arctic, he also did the scenery for "The Drunkard". He traveled around the Northeast, Midwest (St. Louis, late 1830s), and to Europe. He began building his reputation in the 1860s as a luminist marine painter, often of Arctic subjects. He exhibited in Boston, whose harbors, shore lines and wharves were his inspiration. Influenced by other luminists such as Fitz Hugh Lane, he showed the transitional effects of light and atmosphere. In the latter part of his career, his interest shifted to the New York... Read full biography
Born outside Boston, Massachusetts, George Curtis remained in Boston from 1843-60 designing scenery for plays at the Boston Museum. In 1857 he and Minard Lewis designed scenery for a Boston production of a play based on Kane's voyages in the Arctic, he also did the scenery for "The Drunkard". He traveled around the Northeast, Midwest (St. Louis, late 1830s), and to Europe. He began building his reputation in the 1860s as a luminist marine painter, often of Arctic subjects. He exhibited in Boston, whose harbors, shore lines and wharves were his inspiration. Influenced by other luminists such as Fitz Hugh Lane, he showed the transitional effects of light and atmosphere. In the latter part of his career, his interest shifted to the New York area where he painted several ship portraits. He died at Chelsea, Massachusetts (1881). Sources include:. Groce and Wallac... Read full biography
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Keywords (14)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Marine Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Boston Athenaeum
- •Museum of Fine Arts Boston