Figge Art Museum
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Museums page for Walter Biggs ((1886 - 1968)), known for Magazine illustration, still-life and southern genre painting. Showing 4 museum collections and exhibitions.
Walter Biggs MUSEUMS
1886 Elliston, Virginia - 1968. Known for: Magazine illustration, still-life and southern genre painting.
Born in Elliston, Virginia, Walter Biggs spent his childhood there and became an artist of much pride to his region. He has been described as representing "the South at its best, both as a gentleman... Read full biography
Born in Elliston, Virginia, Walter Biggs spent his childhood there and became an artist of much pride to his region. He has been described as representing "the South at its best, both as a gentleman and as an artist who painted the South with sensitive artistry and poetic nostalgia." (Reed 134) He... Read full biography
Born in Elliston, Virginia, Walter Biggs spent his childhood there and became an artist of much pride to his region. He has been described as representing "the South at its best, both as a gentleman and as an artist who painted the South with sensitive artistry and poetic nostalgia." (Reed 134) He also became known for his magazine illustrations including for Harper's, Scribner's, Good Housekeeping, and The Ladies' Home Journal, and as a painter, his style and subject matter reflected the... Read full biography
Born in Elliston, Virginia, Walter Biggs spent his childhood there and became an artist of much pride to his region. He has been described as representing "the South at its best, both as a gentleman and as an artist who painted the South with sensitive artistry and poetic nostalgia." (Reed 134) He also became known for his magazine illustrations including for Harper's, Scribner's, Good Housekeeping, and The Ladies' Home Journal, and as a painter, his style and subject matter reflected the AshCan School* of Social Realism*. He studied at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and then went to New York City where he roomed with George Bellows while studying art at the Chase School* (later named The New York School of Art). Among his teachers were... Read full biography
Born in Elliston, Virginia, Walter Biggs spent his childhood there and became an artist of much pride to his region. He has been described as representing "the South at its best, both as a gentleman and as an artist who painted the South with sensitive artistry and poetic nostalgia." (Reed 134) He also became known for his magazine illustrations including for Harper's, Scribner's, Good Housekeeping, and The Ladies' Home Journal, and as a painter, his style and subject matter reflected the AshCan School* of Social Realism*. He studied at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and then went to New York City where he roomed with George Bellows while studying art at the Chase School* (later named The New York School of Art). Among his teachers were Edward Penfield, Lucius Hitchcock, Kenneth Hayes Miller and Robert Henri, a special influence o... Read full biography
Walter Biggs - Artist Info
About Walter Biggs: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (4)
All MuseumsHickory Museum of Art
243 Third Avenue N.E.
Hickory, NC 28601National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004The National Museum of American Illustration
Vernon Court
492 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840