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1896 Elizabeth, New Jersey - 1984 Scotch Plains/Elizabeth, New Jersey. Known for: Sea-landscape, still life, portrait.
Maxwell Stewart Simpson was born September 11, 1896, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1914, Simpson began his formal art studies in New York at the National Academy of Design School under Douglas Volk.... Read full biography
Maxwell Stewart Simpson was born September 11, 1896, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1914, Simpson began his formal art studies in New York at the National Academy of Design School under Douglas Volk. He also attended summer classes at the Art Students League in 1916. In 1923, Simpson traveled to... Read full biography
Maxwell Stewart Simpson was born September 11, 1896, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1914, Simpson began his formal art studies in New York at the National Academy of Design School under Douglas Volk. He also attended summer classes at the Art Students League in 1916. In 1923, Simpson traveled to Paris and Italy, and in the spring of 1924 to Oxford England, where he stayed with a university professor while studying, and painting portraits of the family's three children in exchange for board. Upon... Read full biography
Maxwell Stewart Simpson was born September 11, 1896, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1914, Simpson began his formal art studies in New York at the National Academy of Design School under Douglas Volk. He also attended summer classes at the Art Students League in 1916. In 1923, Simpson traveled to Paris and Italy, and in the spring of 1924 to Oxford England, where he stayed with a university professor while studying, and painting portraits of the family's three children in exchange for board. Upon his return to the United States, Simpson floundered for several years not satisfied with the realist style he had been painting and not fully accepting the avante-garde art of Europe that had flourished in America since the groundbreaking Armory Show... Read full biography
Maxwell Stewart Simpson was born September 11, 1896, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1914, Simpson began his formal art studies in New York at the National Academy of Design School under Douglas Volk. He also attended summer classes at the Art Students League in 1916. In 1923, Simpson traveled to Paris and Italy, and in the spring of 1924 to Oxford England, where he stayed with a university professor while studying, and painting portraits of the family's three children in exchange for board. Upon his return to the United States, Simpson floundered for several years not satisfied with the realist style he had been painting and not fully accepting the avante-garde art of Europe that had flourished in America since the groundbreaking Armory Show in 1913. After viewing a New York gallery exhibition in 1927, Simpson developed painting methods that would take on a new... Read full biography
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Keywords (38)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •New Hope, Pennslvania/Lambertville New Jersey
Art Association
- •Audubon Society of Artists-
- •Salons of America
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Bakkom Photo Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota (1)
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Arts Club
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts