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1896 Elizabeth, New Jersey - 1984 Scotch Plains/Elizabeth, New Jersey. Known for: Sea-landscape, still life, portrait.
Maxwell Stewart Simpson was born September 11, 1896, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1914, Simpson began his formal art studies in New York at the National Academy of Design School under Douglas Volk.... Read full biography
Maxwell Stewart Simpson was born September 11, 1896, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1914, Simpson began his formal art studies in New York at the National Academy of Design School under Douglas Volk. He also attended summer classes at the Art Students League in 1916. In 1923, Simpson traveled to... Read full biography
Maxwell Stewart Simpson was born September 11, 1896, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1914, Simpson began his formal art studies in New York at the National Academy of Design School under Douglas Volk. He also attended summer classes at the Art Students League in 1916. In 1923, Simpson traveled to Paris and Italy, and in the spring of 1924 to Oxford England, where he stayed with a university professor while studying, and painting portraits of the family's three children in exchange for board. Upon... Read full biography
Maxwell Stewart Simpson was born September 11, 1896, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1914, Simpson began his formal art studies in New York at the National Academy of Design School under Douglas Volk. He also attended summer classes at the Art Students League in 1916. In 1923, Simpson traveled to Paris and Italy, and in the spring of 1924 to Oxford England, where he stayed with a university professor while studying, and painting portraits of the family's three children in exchange for board. Upon his return to the United States, Simpson floundered for several years not satisfied with the realist style he had been painting and not fully accepting the avante-garde art of Europe that had flourished in America since the groundbreaking Armory Show... Read full biography
Maxwell Stewart Simpson was born September 11, 1896, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1914, Simpson began his formal art studies in New York at the National Academy of Design School under Douglas Volk. He also attended summer classes at the Art Students League in 1916. In 1923, Simpson traveled to Paris and Italy, and in the spring of 1924 to Oxford England, where he stayed with a university professor while studying, and painting portraits of the family's three children in exchange for board. Upon his return to the United States, Simpson floundered for several years not satisfied with the realist style he had been painting and not fully accepting the avante-garde art of Europe that had flourished in America since the groundbreaking Armory Show in 1913. After viewing a New York gallery exhibition in 1927, Simpson developed painting methods that would take on a new... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (2)
All MuseumsThe Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102