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1827 - 1898 Boston. Known for: Landscape, marine, still life paintings.
Known as a painter of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Samuel Griggs was listed as an architect in the Boston City directory from 1848 to 1852, and as an artist from 1854 until his death. The... Read full biography
Known as a painter of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Samuel Griggs was listed as an architect in the Boston City directory from 1848 to 1852, and as an artist from 1854 until his death. The competency of his work strongly suggests that he had professional training, and it is believed that he... Read full biography
Known as a painter of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Samuel Griggs was listed as an architect in the Boston City directory from 1848 to 1852, and as an artist from 1854 until his death. The competency of his work strongly suggests that he had professional training, and it is believed that he studied under Albert Bierstadt before Bierstadt was well known. Griggs' earliest datable painting of a White Mountain scene is 1858. That year he exhibited three paintings, one of which was a White... Read full biography
Known as a painter of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Samuel Griggs was listed as an architect in the Boston City directory from 1848 to 1852, and as an artist from 1854 until his death. The competency of his work strongly suggests that he had professional training, and it is believed that he studied under Albert Bierstadt before Bierstadt was well known. Griggs' earliest datable painting of a White Mountain scene is 1858. That year he exhibited three paintings, one of which was a White Mountain view (View on the Pemigewasset River), in an exhibition coordinated by Albert Bierstadt and held in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He also exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum from 1855 to 1863, as well as the Boston Art Club at various times. At... Read full biography
Known as a painter of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Samuel Griggs was listed as an architect in the Boston City directory from 1848 to 1852, and as an artist from 1854 until his death. The competency of his work strongly suggests that he had professional training, and it is believed that he studied under Albert Bierstadt before Bierstadt was well known. Griggs' earliest datable painting of a White Mountain scene is 1858. That year he exhibited three paintings, one of which was a White Mountain view (View on the Pemigewasset River), in an exhibition coordinated by Albert Bierstadt and held in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He also exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum from 1855 to 1863, as well as the Boston Art Club at various times. At the time of his death in 1898, he was living at #63 Studio Building, in Boston.
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Romanticism, Idealism, Nostalgia
- •Still Life
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Boston Before 1900
- •Lake George, New York
- •White Mountains, New Hampshire
Art Association
- •Boston Art Club
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Marine Before 1900
- •Miniature Specialty
- •Studio Building, Boston, Resident
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Boston Athenaeum