Art Institute of Chicago, AIC
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1863 Chicago, Illinois - 1930 Hillside, New Jersey. Known for: Landscape-water, snow and marine painting.
A landscape and marine artist, George Symons was one of America's more noted plein-air painters who combined styles of impressionism and realism. His works are cited for their energy and simplicity,... Read full biography
A landscape and marine artist, George Symons was one of America's more noted plein-air painters who combined styles of impressionism and realism. His works are cited for their energy and simplicity, and he often did panoramic views. He was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1861, with the name of George... Read full biography
A landscape and marine artist, George Symons was one of America's more noted plein-air painters who combined styles of impressionism and realism. His works are cited for their energy and simplicity, and he often did panoramic views. He was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1861, with the name of George Gardner Simon, but he changed his last name to Symons when he returned from study in England because of concern about anti-semitism. Not much is known about his early life. He first studied at the... Read full biography
A landscape and marine artist, George Symons was one of America's more noted plein-air painters who combined styles of impressionism and realism. His works are cited for their energy and simplicity, and he often did panoramic views. He was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1861, with the name of George Gardner Simon, but he changed his last name to Symons when he returned from study in England because of concern about anti-semitism. Not much is known about his early life. He first studied at the Chicago Art Institute where he became a close, life-long friend of William Wendt. They painted together in California and then in Cornwall, England in 1898. He also studied in Paris, and Munich and London, and joining a colony of artists at St. Ives,... Read full biography
A landscape and marine artist, George Symons was one of America's more noted plein-air painters who combined styles of impressionism and realism. His works are cited for their energy and simplicity, and he often did panoramic views. He was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1861, with the name of George Gardner Simon, but he changed his last name to Symons when he returned from study in England because of concern about anti-semitism. Not much is known about his early life. He first studied at the Chicago Art Institute where he became a close, life-long friend of William Wendt. They painted together in California and then in Cornwall, England in 1898. He also studied in Paris, and Munich and London, and joining a colony of artists at St. Ives, adopted the plein-air techniques of Julius Olsson, Adrian Stokes, and Rudolph Hellwag. He worked in Chicago as a commercial artist, and... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (20)
All MuseumsBowers Museum
2002 North Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Figge Art Museum
225 West 2nd Street
Davenport, IA 52804-4520Hickory Museum of Art
243 Third Avenue N.E.
Hickory, NC 28601Laguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Drive
Laguna Beach, CA 92651Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004Norton Museum of Art
1451 South Olive Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33401Sheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300The Hermitage Museum & Gardens
7637 North Shore Rd.
Norfolk, VA 23505The Parthenon
Centennial Park
Po Box 196340
Nashville, TN 37219-6340The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009-1090The Toledo Museum of Art
2445 Monroe Street
Box 1013
Toledo, OH 43697The University of Arizona Museum of Art
1031 N. Olive Road
Tucson, AZ 85721-0002UCI Institute and Museum for California Art
18881 von Karman Avenue
Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92612Union League Club of Chicago
65 W. Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60604University of Wyoming Art Museum
Centennial Complex
2111 Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College
Beloit College
700 College Street
Beloit, WI 53511-5595