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1873 Gotland, Sweden - 1953 Cincinnati, Ohio. Known for: Coastal and other landscape painting.
A painter and photographer, Oscar Anderson was born in Gotland, Sweden and emigrated to the United States where he settled in Connecticut and studied art with Charles Noel Flagg in Hartford. In 1908,... Read full biography
A painter and photographer, Oscar Anderson was born in Gotland, Sweden and emigrated to the United States where he settled in Connecticut and studied art with Charles Noel Flagg in Hartford. In 1908, Anderson moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts and was a leader in the Cape Ann Art Colony, working in... Read full biography
A painter and photographer, Oscar Anderson was born in Gotland, Sweden and emigrated to the United States where he settled in Connecticut and studied art with Charles Noel Flagg in Hartford. In 1908, Anderson moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts and was a leader in the Cape Ann Art Colony, working in his home studio at Highlands Court and running a gallery on Rocky Neck Avenue. He was the first vice president of the Gloucester Society of Artists in 1922 when it formed, and then served for many... Read full biography
A painter and photographer, Oscar Anderson was born in Gotland, Sweden and emigrated to the United States where he settled in Connecticut and studied art with Charles Noel Flagg in Hartford. In 1908, Anderson moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts and was a leader in the Cape Ann Art Colony, working in his home studio at Highlands Court and running a gallery on Rocky Neck Avenue. He was the first vice president of the Gloucester Society of Artists in 1922 when it formed, and then served for many years as president. He was also a founding member of the North Shore Arts Association and the Boston Art Club and was founder of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts. During the 1930s, he did numerous WPA murals. Source:. Peter Hastings Falk, Editor,... Read full biography
A painter and photographer, Oscar Anderson was born in Gotland, Sweden and emigrated to the United States where he settled in Connecticut and studied art with Charles Noel Flagg in Hartford. In 1908, Anderson moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts and was a leader in the Cape Ann Art Colony, working in his home studio at Highlands Court and running a gallery on Rocky Neck Avenue. He was the first vice president of the Gloucester Society of Artists in 1922 when it formed, and then served for many years as president. He was also a founding member of the North Shore Arts Association and the Boston Art Club and was founder of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts. During the 1930s, he did numerous WPA murals. Source:. Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art
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Keywords (21)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Gloucester, Rockport, North Shore
- •Rockport, Massachusetts
Art Association
- •Boston Art Club
- •North Shore Art Association, Gloucester-
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Snowscene Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Swedish
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •North Shore Art Association, Gloucester
- •Society of Independent Artists--