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1883 Brooklyn, New York - 1962 St. Augustine, Florida. Known for: Urban snowfall and other impressionist landscape painting.
The following information, submitted by I. Bud Hillyer, artist and collector from Palm Springs, California, is from a biography provided in an EBAY offering of work by Guy Wiggins. Hillyer wrote:... Read full biography
The following information, submitted by I. Bud Hillyer, artist and collector from Palm Springs, California, is from a biography provided in an EBAY offering of work by Guy Wiggins. Hillyer wrote: "There are some new things contained about Wiggins I had not known.". Guy Carleton Wiggins (1881-1962)... Read full biography
The following information, submitted by I. Bud Hillyer, artist and collector from Palm Springs, California, is from a biography provided in an EBAY offering of work by Guy Wiggins. Hillyer wrote: "There are some new things contained about Wiggins I had not known.". Guy Carleton Wiggins (1881-1962) is best known for his impressionistic snow scenes of New York in 1920's. Wiggins lived in Old Lyme and Essex where he operated an art school. The Connecticut country-side was conducive to his... Read full biography
The following information, submitted by I. Bud Hillyer, artist and collector from Palm Springs, California, is from a biography provided in an EBAY offering of work by Guy Wiggins. Hillyer wrote: "There are some new things contained about Wiggins I had not known.". Guy Carleton Wiggins (1881-1962) is best known for his impressionistic snow scenes of New York in 1920's. Wiggins lived in Old Lyme and Essex where he operated an art school. The Connecticut country-side was conducive to his impressionist technique of plein-air painting and broken brushwork. Guy Carleton Wiggins had a long and successful career as an Impressionist artist and teacher in New York and Connecticut, but he once told his son (also an artist named Guy) "painting is a... Read full biography
The following information, submitted by I. Bud Hillyer, artist and collector from Palm Springs, California, is from a biography provided in an EBAY offering of work by Guy Wiggins. Hillyer wrote: "There are some new things contained about Wiggins I had not known.". Guy Carleton Wiggins (1881-1962) is best known for his impressionistic snow scenes of New York in 1920's. Wiggins lived in Old Lyme and Essex where he operated an art school. The Connecticut country-side was conducive to his impressionist technique of plein-air painting and broken brushwork. Guy Carleton Wiggins had a long and successful career as an Impressionist artist and teacher in New York and Connecticut, but he once told his son (also an artist named Guy) "painting is a wonderful hobby, but a damned difficult way to make a living." (Perhaps he was thinking of the way he had sent his son through Loomis... Read full biography
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Keywords (62)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Contemporary Impressionism, After 1940
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •American Flag Images
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •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
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Still Life
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
- •Urban Scene, City Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Gloucester, Rockport, North Shore
- •Central Park, New York City
- •Mystic, Connecticut
- •Old Lyme, Connecticut
- •Pacific Northwest Before 1900
Art Association
- •Boston Art Club
- •Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts
- •Lyme Art Association, Connecticut
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •National Arts Club, New York
- •New Haven Paint & Clay Club
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
- •The Hartford Salmagundians, Hartford CT.
Art Teacher
- •Robert Henri
- •William Merritt Chase
Art School
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Norman Wait Harris Bronze Medal, Chicago Art Institute
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Anschutz Collection
- •Chicago Union League Club
- •Pfeil Collection-Impressionists
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Artist Has Artist Family Members
- •Snowscene Specialty
Artist Colony
- •Old Lyme Artist Colony
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Lotos Club
- •Lyme Art Association-Connecticut
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Paint and Clay Club-
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City-
- •The Hartford Salmagundians, Hartford CT-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts