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1874 Grand Rapids, Michigan - 1965 Sarasota, Florida. Known for: Impressionist landscape, interiors, figures and still life painting.
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Will Howe Foote was an Impressionist* painter whose style was much influenced by the atmospherics of Tonalism* and then Impressionism of the Old Lyme, Connecticut... Read full biography
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Will Howe Foote was an Impressionist* painter whose style was much influenced by the atmospherics of Tonalism* and then Impressionism of the Old Lyme, Connecticut painters with whom he associated. He was one of that Colony's earliest artists, first arriving to paint... Read full biography
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Will Howe Foote was an Impressionist* painter whose style was much influenced by the atmospherics of Tonalism* and then Impressionism of the Old Lyme, Connecticut painters with whom he associated. He was one of that Colony's earliest artists, first arriving to paint in the summer of 1901, and, dying in 1965, he was the last surviving member of the original Colony members. However, much of his painting subject matter came from other locations, as he was not very... Read full biography
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Will Howe Foote was an Impressionist* painter whose style was much influenced by the atmospherics of Tonalism* and then Impressionism of the Old Lyme, Connecticut painters with whom he associated. He was one of that Colony's earliest artists, first arriving to paint in the summer of 1901, and, dying in 1965, he was the last surviving member of the original Colony members. However, much of his painting subject matter came from other locations, as he was not very fond of the dominance of the color green in the Old Lyme environs. He was the nephew of artist William Henry Howe, and in 1901 accompanied this uncle to Old Lyme whose beauties had been touted to the young Foote by Clark Voorhees, whom he had met in... Read full biography
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Will Howe Foote was an Impressionist* painter whose style was much influenced by the atmospherics of Tonalism* and then Impressionism of the Old Lyme, Connecticut painters with whom he associated. He was one of that Colony's earliest artists, first arriving to paint in the summer of 1901, and, dying in 1965, he was the last surviving member of the original Colony members. However, much of his painting subject matter came from other locations, as he was not very fond of the dominance of the color green in the Old Lyme environs. He was the nephew of artist William Henry Howe, and in 1901 accompanied this uncle to Old Lyme whose beauties had been touted to the young Foote by Clark Voorhees, whom he had met in France. Both Will Howe Foote and his uncle were raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan where his father held an executi... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Tonalist, Tonalism
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •Bermuda
- •Europe
- •Jamaica
- •Michigan Before 1940
- •Old Lyme, Connecticut
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •Lyme Art Association, Connecticut
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art Teacher
- •Benjamin Jean-Joseph Constant
- •Henry Siddons Mowbray
- •James McNeill Whistler
- •Jean Paul Laurens
- •John Vanderpoel
- •Kenyon Cox
Art School
- •Academie Carmen, Paris (James Whistler)
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •HARPER'S WEEKLY, BAZAAR, MONTHLY Illustrator/Photos
- •LIFE Magazine Illustrator, Photographer
- •Married to an Artist
Artist Colony
- •Cos Cob Colony
- •Old Lyme Artist Colony
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •MacBeth Gallery, New York City
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Lyme Art Association-Connecticut
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts