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1908 Giverny, France - 1999 Vicars Landing, Florida. Known for: Impressionist painting, book illustration.
Born in Giverny, France where her father Edmund Greacen was an impressionist painter actively following Claude Monet, Nan Greacen became a noted oil painter and watercolorist. She began earning... Read full biography
Born in Giverny, France where her father Edmund Greacen was an impressionist painter actively following Claude Monet, Nan Greacen became a noted oil painter and watercolorist. She began earning awards from 1936, when she received the Hallgarten Prize at the National Academy of Design. In the... Read full biography
Born in Giverny, France where her father Edmund Greacen was an impressionist painter actively following Claude Monet, Nan Greacen became a noted oil painter and watercolorist. She began earning awards from 1936, when she received the Hallgarten Prize at the National Academy of Design. In the following years, her award medals were from the National Arts Club, Montclair Art Museum, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe, Hudson Valley Art Association and Grumbacher Society. She graduated from the Brearley... Read full biography
Born in Giverny, France where her father Edmund Greacen was an impressionist painter actively following Claude Monet, Nan Greacen became a noted oil painter and watercolorist. She began earning awards from 1936, when she received the Hallgarten Prize at the National Academy of Design. In the following years, her award medals were from the National Arts Club, Montclair Art Museum, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe, Hudson Valley Art Association and Grumbacher Society. She graduated from the Brearley School in New York City and then studied for four years at the Grand Central Art School, which her father had established in 1921. Her instructors were Wayman Adams, Arshile Gorky, Jerry Farnsworth and her father. She taught drawing and still life at... Read full biography
Born in Giverny, France where her father Edmund Greacen was an impressionist painter actively following Claude Monet, Nan Greacen became a noted oil painter and watercolorist. She began earning awards from 1936, when she received the Hallgarten Prize at the National Academy of Design. In the following years, her award medals were from the National Arts Club, Montclair Art Museum, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe, Hudson Valley Art Association and Grumbacher Society. She graduated from the Brearley School in New York City and then studied for four years at the Grand Central Art School, which her father had established in 1921. Her instructors were Wayman Adams, Arshile Gorky, Jerry Farnsworth and her father. She taught drawing and still life at the school from 1931 to 1942, and from 1942 to 1968, gave private classes at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida where she ha... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Giverny, France
- •Hudson River Valley, New York
Art Association
- •Allied Artists of America-
- •Audubon Society of Artists-
- •Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club-
- •Hudson Valley Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •National Arts Club, New York
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors
- •Salons of America
Art School
- •Grand Central School of Art, Student
- •Grand Central School of Art, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •Grumbacher Award
- •Julius Hallgarten Prize, National Academy of Design
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Louise and Alan Sellars Collection
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
- •Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
- •Hudson Valley Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Arts Club
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors)
- •Salons of America-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC