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Irving Ramsey Wiles
Biography Irving Ramsey Wiles (April 8, 1861 – July 29, 1948) was an American artist, born in Utica, New York. In the early 20th century, Wiles was a popular exponent of American grand manner portraiture as redefined by the work of John Singer Sargent, Giovanni Boldini, and James Whistler in late 19th century Europe. During… Continue reading
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John Singer Sargent
Biography John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the leading portrait painter of his generation for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. His oeuvre documents worldwide travel, from… Continue reading
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Piccirilli Brothers
Biography The Piccirilli (pronounced pea-chee-really) brothers were an Italian family of renowned marble carvers and sculptors who carved many of the most significant marble sculptures in the United States, including Daniel Chester French’s colossal Abraham Lincoln (1920) in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. In 1888, Giuseppe Piccirilli (1844–1910), a stone carver in Massa, Italy and… Continue reading
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Kenyon Cox
Biography Kenyon Cox (Oct. 27, 1856 – March 17, 1919) was an American painter and art critic, known for his murals and decorative work. Cox was a pupil of Carolus-Duran and of Jean-Léon Gérôme in Paris from 1877 to 1882, when he returned to New York City, subsequently teaching with much success in the Art… Continue reading
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Frederick William MacMonnies
Biography Frederick William MacMonnies (September 28, 1863 – March 22, 1937) was an expatriate American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school, as successful and lauded in France as he was in the United States. He was also a highly accomplished painter and portraitist. He was born in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York and died in New… Continue reading
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Biography Augustus Saint-Gaudens helped shape a distinctly American school of art. His sculptural works continue to influence how Americans view their country, its past, and the United States’ place in the world. Saint-Gaudens was born in Ireland to Mary McGuiness and Bernard Saint-Gaudens, a French shoemaker. Six months later, the family immigrated to New York… Continue reading
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