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1817 Bavaria, Germany - 1896 Brooklyn, New York. Known for: Trompe still life, landscape and genre painting.
Known for lush still lifes, full of the sense of texture from smooth to rough, he placed fruit in natural settings with animals and plants. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, and emigrated to New York... Read full biography
Known for lush still lifes, full of the sense of texture from smooth to rough, he placed fruit in natural settings with animals and plants. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, and emigrated to New York in 1865 with his wife and seven children. By 1870, he was exhibiting paintings at the National... Read full biography
Known for lush still lifes, full of the sense of texture from smooth to rough, he placed fruit in natural settings with animals and plants. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, and emigrated to New York in 1865 with his wife and seven children. By 1870, he was exhibiting paintings at the National Academy of Design and at the Boston Athenaeum. He lived primarily in Brooklyn until his death in 1896. His name was frequently misspelled as "Foster". He exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association in 1879... Read full biography
Known for lush still lifes, full of the sense of texture from smooth to rough, he placed fruit in natural settings with animals and plants. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, and emigrated to New York in 1865 with his wife and seven children. By 1870, he was exhibiting paintings at the National Academy of Design and at the Boston Athenaeum. He lived primarily in Brooklyn until his death in 1896. His name was frequently misspelled as "Foster". He exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association in 1879 under the name of Foster. His sons, Henry and George Jr. were both artists, George Jr.'s paintings are often confused with his father's as they are both found to be signed "G. Forster". Source:. Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"... Read full biography
Known for lush still lifes, full of the sense of texture from smooth to rough, he placed fruit in natural settings with animals and plants. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, and emigrated to New York in 1865 with his wife and seven children. By 1870, he was exhibiting paintings at the National Academy of Design and at the Boston Athenaeum. He lived primarily in Brooklyn until his death in 1896. His name was frequently misspelled as "Foster". He exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association in 1879 under the name of Foster. His sons, Henry and George Jr. were both artists, George Jr.'s paintings are often confused with his father's as they are both found to be signed "G. Forster". Source:. Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"
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About George Forster: Keywords
Keywords (17)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Trompe l'oeil
Art Subject
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Still Life
- •Underwater, Marine Imagery, Fish, Aquatic Life
Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Boston Athenaeum
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts