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1845 New Bedford, Massachusetts - 1913 New Bedford, Massachusetts. Known for: Coastal marine-shipwrecks, portraits and dune-scene painting.
Descended of Thomas Macy and Richard Swain, who were among Nantucket's earliest English settlers, Wendell Macy was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts; the son of Josiah and Eliza Swain Macy. He... Read full biography
Descended of Thomas Macy and Richard Swain, who were among Nantucket's earliest English settlers, Wendell Macy was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts; the son of Josiah and Eliza Swain Macy. He married Rachel Parker, daughter of Elisha and Elizabeth Gardiner Parker of Nantucket. The couple lived in... Read full biography
Descended of Thomas Macy and Richard Swain, who were among Nantucket's earliest English settlers, Wendell Macy was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts; the son of Josiah and Eliza Swain Macy. He married Rachel Parker, daughter of Elisha and Elizabeth Gardiner Parker of Nantucket. The couple lived in New Bedford during the late 60's and early 70's, where Macy worked for a firm that specialized in nautical instruments. Eventually he opened an art studio with L. B. Ellis Fine Art. It is likely his... Read full biography
Descended of Thomas Macy and Richard Swain, who were among Nantucket's earliest English settlers, Wendell Macy was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts; the son of Josiah and Eliza Swain Macy. He married Rachel Parker, daughter of Elisha and Elizabeth Gardiner Parker of Nantucket. The couple lived in New Bedford during the late 60's and early 70's, where Macy worked for a firm that specialized in nautical instruments. Eventually he opened an art studio with L. B. Ellis Fine Art. It is likely his earliest works were portraits. To date there has been no evidence of exactly where Wendell Macy may have studied his craft. He worked in "crayon," (pastels) his preference for portraiture, and composed marine and coastal 'scapes in oil on board.... Read full biography
Descended of Thomas Macy and Richard Swain, who were among Nantucket's earliest English settlers, Wendell Macy was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts; the son of Josiah and Eliza Swain Macy. He married Rachel Parker, daughter of Elisha and Elizabeth Gardiner Parker of Nantucket. The couple lived in New Bedford during the late 60's and early 70's, where Macy worked for a firm that specialized in nautical instruments. Eventually he opened an art studio with L. B. Ellis Fine Art. It is likely his earliest works were portraits. To date there has been no evidence of exactly where Wendell Macy may have studied his craft. He worked in "crayon," (pastels) his preference for portraiture, and composed marine and coastal 'scapes in oil on board. Eventually, the Macy's took up a livelihood of summering on Nantucket, where Macy wasted no time in establishing a means of exhibition. In 1872, the... Read full biography
Wendell Macy - Artist Info
About Wendell Macy: Keywords
Keywords (14)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
- •New Bedford, Massachusetts
Chronology
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Marine Before 1900
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts