George Gardner Symons
George Gardner Symons circa 1920
A Fishing Village - St Ives
George Gardner Symons (1861-1930) was an American impressionist painter.
Biography[]
He was born in either 1861 or 1863 in Chicago, Illinois. Attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Symons also studied in Europe and won awards at the National Academy of Design and the Corcoran Gallery of Art.[1] A plein-air painter, he built the first studio in the art colony of Laguna Beach, California during the early 1900s.[2][3] He died in Hillside, New Jersey in 1930.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ Demetrion, James T. (1985). Selected Paintings, Sculptures and Works on Paper. Des Moines Art Center. pp. 206. ISBN 0-9614615-0-0.
- ^ "William Swift Daniell". The Los Angeles Times. July 2, 1933. p. 26. Retrieved July 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
Mr Daniell also built the second studio in Laguna Beach, following Gardner Symons, who built the first.
- ^ Chang, Richard (August 16, 2018). "Laguna Art Museum explores its past with 'Art Colony' exhibit". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ "Noted Artist of New York Succumbs to Pneumonia at Age of 64. Winner Of Famous Prizes. Specialized in Winter Landscapes. Principal Works Now In Leading Art Galleries". New York Times. January 14, 1930. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
George Gardner Symons, one of nation's leading landscape painters died late Sunday night after illness, which culminated in pneumonia, at the home of brother-in-law, , Williamson Avenue, Hillside, N.J. age was 64.
- ^ "Gardner Symons, Famed American Artist, Dies at Hillside. N.J." Los Angeles Times. January 15, 1930. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
Gardner Symons, famous American landscape painter, died at the home of relatives in Hillside, N. J., after a protracted illness contracted last October when he returned from a painting trip to Europe, according to word received here yesterday.
External links[]
Media related to George Gardner Symons at Wikimedia Commons
- Works by or about George Gardner Symons at Internet Archive
- Symons at The Athenaeum
- Biographical Notes, a collection of biographical information and images of 50 American artists, containing information about the artist on page 46.
- Two exhibition catalogs, available from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries.
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