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1878 Havelock, New Zealand - 1962 Reseda, California. Known for: Landscape-snow, marine and floral painting, teaching.
Biography provided by artist's grand-niece Hillary Volk Matawan, NJ:. George Thompson Pritchard (1878-1962), who migrated to the US from New Zealand. GTP primarily painted seascapes and landscapes.... Read full biography
Biography provided by artist's grand-niece Hillary Volk Matawan, NJ:. George Thompson Pritchard (1878-1962), who migrated to the US from New Zealand. GTP primarily painted seascapes and landscapes. He became a teacher after settling in California. Jane Wilcox was the name that he used for still... Read full biography
Biography provided by artist's grand-niece Hillary Volk Matawan, NJ:. George Thompson Pritchard (1878-1962), who migrated to the US from New Zealand. GTP primarily painted seascapes and landscapes. He became a teacher after settling in California. Jane Wilcox was the name that he used for still life and florals when producing paintings for the NY art houses affiliated with department store sellers. I vividly remember my mother telling the story of how he would work on several paintings at a... Read full biography
Biography provided by artist's grand-niece Hillary Volk Matawan, NJ:. George Thompson Pritchard (1878-1962), who migrated to the US from New Zealand. GTP primarily painted seascapes and landscapes. He became a teacher after settling in California. Jane Wilcox was the name that he used for still life and florals when producing paintings for the NY art houses affiliated with department store sellers. I vividly remember my mother telling the story of how he would work on several paintings at a time in the basement of their house with the Victrola playing classical music and turned on loud. She would sit at the top of the stairs and watch him at his easels. He was a colorful figure, as were most of the Pritchards, and would regale them with... Read full biography
Biography provided by artist's grand-niece Hillary Volk Matawan, NJ:. George Thompson Pritchard (1878-1962), who migrated to the US from New Zealand. GTP primarily painted seascapes and landscapes. He became a teacher after settling in California. Jane Wilcox was the name that he used for still life and florals when producing paintings for the NY art houses affiliated with department store sellers. I vividly remember my mother telling the story of how he would work on several paintings at a time in the basement of their house with the Victrola playing classical music and turned on loud. She would sit at the top of the stairs and watch him at his easels. He was a colorful figure, as were most of the Pritchards, and would regale them with tales of his forays to other countries to learn from masters and the great art of Europe. I own several early paintings (~19... Read full biography
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Keywords (40)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Contemporary Impressionism, After 1940
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape
- •Landscape with Cattle, Sheep or Other Farm Animals
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •New York City
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Australia and/or New Zealand
- •California Before 1940
- •Catalina Island
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked After 1900
- •Venice, Italy
Art Association
- •Glendale, California Art Association
- •Santa Monica Art Association
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •South Kensington Art School, Royal College of Art, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •Gardena High School Collection (CA)
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Marine Before 1900
- •Miniature Specialty
- •Pseudonym ("Nome de Plume") Used
- •Snowscene Specialty