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Salmagundi Club: An American Institution

January 25 - March 20, 2005

The Salmagundi Club, founded in 1871, is one of the oldest art organizations in America. Their beginning was rather modest; in 1871 a small group of professional artists would gather on Saturday evenings in the studio of J. Scott Hartley, a renowned sculptor and son-in-law of George Inness. Their time would be spent critiquing each other's work, painting, sketching and socializing. The group began to attract interest in the art community and by 1880 the group was so well established they decided to incorporate. Mr. Hartley suggested that the new club be named The Salmagundi Sketch Club. The name was inspired by Washington Irving's celebrated papers where in "Salmagundi" was referred to as a stew of many ingredients. The club became an important venue in New York City for art exhibitions. This exhibition is a survey of the club's history. (right: Frank Desch (1873-1934), Reflections, c. 1919, oil, 36 x 30 inches)

The Club became an important center for American art and takes great pride in its roster of members which include the renowned artists, George Inness, Howard Chandler Christy, Robert Frederick Blum, William Merritt Chase, Emil Carlsen, Hugh Bolton Jones, Dean Cornwell, Gari Melchers, John Francis Murphy, Frank H. Desch, Guy Wiggins, Childe Hassam, N.C. Wyeth, Louis Comfort Tiffany and many others, as well known lay members, (non-artists) John Philip Sousa, Stanford White and Tony Pastor to name a few.

In 1894 to raise money for the growing club's library, artist members were invited to decorate ceramic mugs, which were then fired by Charles Volkmar, the club potter. The club would host a dinner followed by an auction of the finished mugs. For many members, the book collection became an invaluable source and today the library continues to be accessible to Salmagundi members. Over the years, many decorated mugs have been returned to the club and are on exhibit in the library along with the largest collection of artists' used palettes in America.

In 1917, with the support of its members, a Fifth Avenue brownstone was purchased and became their permanent home. The club became the center of artistic activity in the Village for many decades. One can imagine William Merritt Chase and Robert Blum exchanging ideas over a meal in the Club's Dining Room or perhaps participating in the many events at the club which includes exhibitions by club members, fund raising auctions, non-members exhibitions juried by members, holiday parties, lectures and debates. The Salmagundi Club has always reflected the diversity of the art community. Today, the Salmagundi Club has a membership of over 600, many who continue to gather at the club. The lovely brownstone house has been delegated and protected as an historical landmark by New York's Landmarks Preservation Commission and in 1957 was cited for its architectural distinction by both the Society of Architectural Historians and the Municipal Art Society. It is a fitting home for the oldest art club in America. The club collection is a testament to all the members past and present that were, and are, proudly associated with an institution, which was destined to make history in the art world. [1]

The showing in Dubuque, Iowa is part of a 11 city national tour over a two and a half year period containing sixty-seven (67) works representing the club's membership, artists' used palettes, hand decorated mugs, photo murals and the coveted Salmagundi Club medal. The tour was developed and managed by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services, an exhibition tour development company in Kansas City, Missouri.

The remaining tour schedule is:

Huntsville Museum of Art

Huntsville, Alabama: April 10, 2005 through June 5, 2005

Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art

Shawnee, Oklahoma: June 26, 2005 through August 21, 2005

Bradford Brinton Memorial and Museum

Big Horn, Wyoming: September 11, 2005 through January 1, 2006

Morris Museum of Art

Augusta, Georgia: January 22, 2006 through April 9, 2006

Huntington Museum of Art

Huntington, West Virginia: April 30, 2006 through June 25, 2006

Museum of Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas: July 23, 2006 through September 17, 2006

Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art

Collegeville, Pennsylvania: October 1, 2006 through November 26, 2006

Muskegon Museum of Art

Muskegon, Michigan: December 17, 2006 through February 11, 2007

Bergstrom-Mahler Museum

Neenah, Wisconsin: March 4, 2007 through April 29, 2007[2]

**List of artists and their works in the national tour:**[3]

Junius Allen (1898-1962)

Winter Landscape,c. 1935

oil

Junius Allen was born in Summit, New Jersey. His art education was from the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts and the National Academy of Design. He was a pupil of George Elmer Brown, Charles Hawthorne and George W. Maynard. He became a member of the National Academy of Design and Allied Artists of America and garnered many awards throughout his professional career. Some of his work can be viewed today at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York and Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey. He also exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

M. H. Bancroft (1867-1947)

Portrait of J. Scott Hartley_,_ 1904

oil

Bancroft was born in Newton, Massachusetts and studied at the Massachusetts Normal Art School, Academy Julien, Paris and Academy Colarossi, Paris. His specialty was portraits and murals. He taught at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and Mechanics Institute. Among the venues for his exhibitions are the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. Bancroft died in Sandy Spring, Maryland.

Carle Johann Blenner (1864-1952)

Portrait of a Lady, c. 1920

oil

Born in Richmond, Virginia and active from the 1880s, Blenner studied at the Yale Art School and Academy Julien, Paris. His specialties were society portraits, florals and landscapes. His memberships included the Newport Art Association, Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi Club and New Haven Paint and Clay Club. His awards include the Hallgarten prize at the National Academy of Design and the Bronze Medal at the St. Louis Exposition. Some of the museums currently exhibiting his works are the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers the State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, the Brooklyn Museum of Art and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Robert Frederick Blum (1857-1903)

Soldiers Praying, c. 1895

oil

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Blum became an artist whose reputation was for multi-media work that included pastel, watercolor, pen and ink, etching, and oil. He created illustrations, murals, figure, and genre paintings. He was one of the first artists in Ohio to become known for watercolor painting and was a product of the intense mid 19th century art activity in Cincinnati. He studied at the McMicken School of Design and at the Ohio Mechanics Institute, where in the fall of 1874, he attended a special night class taught by Frank Duveneck. He was a member of the National Academy of Design and Society of Mural Painters. His awards include the Gold Medal at the Panama-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York. His work is held at least in seventeen museums in the United States and he did a series of murals for the Mendelssohn Glee Club Hall, New York City. He also illustrated for Scribners Magazine.

Dwight Boyden (1860-1933)

End of a Rainy Day, 1900

oil

Boyden was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He studied at Academy Julien, Paris and was a pupil of Boulanger and Jules Lefebvre. His main focus was landscape and coastal views and in 1900, he garnered Gold Medals at the Paris Salon. He also exhibited at the Boston Art Club and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He resided in Baltimore, Maryland at the time of his death.

Roy Henry Brown (1879-1956)

A Stuart Tower, c. 1920

oil

Brown was born in Decatur, Illinois; however, he was most strongly affiliated with New York during his career as an artist. He actively painted from 1905-1950s. Mr. Brown studied at the Art Students League and was a pupil of Rafaelli and René Menard in Paris. He was a member of American Watercolor Society, the National Arts Club and others. His awards include the Altman Prize. In the beginning of his career, he did illustrations for national publications and was also known for his landscapes especially of coastal area. His works are held by the Art Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, New York Historical Society and USC Fisher Gallery.

Emil Carlsen (1853-1932)

Still Life, 1901

oil

Born in Denmark in 1853, Emil Carlsen trained as an architect, although he never entered the profession. By the age of twenty, had immigrated to the United States, finding himself in Chicago and beginning a career in painting. He briefly studied at Academy Julien, Paris and was a pupil of Vallon. Working primarily in oils, his specialty was still life and landscapes. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and his awards include Carnegie Prize and Salmagundi Club Silver Medal. His work is represented in numerous museums around the United States.

John Fabian Carlson (1875-1945)

Winter Landscape, c. 1930

oil

As a young child in Sweden, John Fabian Carlson was introduced to art by an uncle who decorated carriages with landscapes. Carlson moved with his family to the United States and settled in Buffalo, New York. His formal training began at the Albright School of Art where he studied under Lucius Hitchcock. In 1902, Carlson earned a scholarship to the Art Students League in New York where he was a pupil of Frank Vincent DuMond. He is best known for his snow landscapes in oil and watercolor. Carlson was a member of the National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, American Watercolor Society, and the National Arts Club. His awards include Carnegie Prize; The National Academy of Design, Shaw Watercolor Prize; Salmagundi Club, and Silver Medal; Society of Washington Artists. His works are held by fifteen museums including the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

Charles Chapman (1879-1962)

Portrait of a Woman,c. 1900

oil

Charles Chapman (1879-1962)

Wolf's Lair, c. 1950

oil

Born in Morristown, New York, Charles Chapman was a noted teacher, painter, and illustrator who was educated at Pratt Institute and in 1899 at William Merritt Chase's Art School in New York City. He was influenced by the famed western artist Frederic Remington. He was a member of the Salmagundi Club and won all its major prizes. Chapman was a member of the National Academy of Design and his awards include the Saltus Gold Medal and the National Academy of Design, First Shaw Prize. His painting, "In The Deep Woods" is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

William Merritt Chase (1849-1916)

Seated Woman with Fan, c. 1890

ink drawing

William Merritt Chase was born in 1849 in Williamsburg, Indiana, the oldest child of a successful merchant. In 1861, the Chase family moved to the rapidly growing city of Indianapolis, where Chase received his first artistic training under a local painter, Barton S. Hays. In 1871, Chase moved to Saint Louis. It was there that he met two prominent local businessmen who financed his study at the Munich Royal Academy under Karl von Piloty. Chase later went to New York for further training at the National Academy of Design. During his career, he taught at the Art Students League and the Art Institute of Chicago. He was President of the Society of American Artists and a member of the National Academy of Design. William Merritt Chase was a great influential artist. He is best known for his landscapes, portraits and still life in oil and pastels.

Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952)

Portrait of A Young Girl, c. 1905

oil

For Howard Chandler Christy it was a long road from Morgan County, Ohio, his birthplace, to New York to attend the Art Students League where he studied with William Merritt Chase. At that time, great technological advances were being made in publishing, and Christy witnessed a new field opening - providing illustrations for the burgeoning new periodicals. He illustrated for Harpers, Scribners, Christy Girl and others. His specialty was portraits of celebrities and female figures. Commissions include a portrait of Amelia Earhart, The Signing of the Constitution (hanging in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol Building), and a portrait of Mrs. William Randolph Hearst. Howard Chandler Christy died peacefully in his beloved studio apartment at the Hotel des Artistes in New York City.

Antonio Cirino (1889-1983)

Boats, c. 1930

oil

Antonio Cirino (1889-1983)

Landscape, c. 1930

oil

Born in Italy, Antonio Cirino came to the United States at the age of three. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design from 1904-1909 and later taught there. He received a Bachelors of Science Degree from Columbia Teachers College in 1912. He studied art in Italy and was a pupil of Arthur Wesley Dow. Cirino designed a 14 karat gold key to the city of Providence, Rhode Island, which was awarded to General Amardo Diaz, for Italy's efforts in the First World War. He published a book on jewelry design in 1939 and completed a thirteen volume compilation of illustration in America (1855-1912) with a forward, which he wrote. This book was privately bound. Cirino joined the Salmagundi Club of New York City in 1926 as a non-resident artist member. He actively contributed to the exhibitions until his death in 1983. Many fine examples of Cirino's work were bequeathed to the Salmagundi Club Museum.

Alphaeus Philemon Cole (1876-1988)

Nude, c. 1940

oil

Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Alphaeus Cole was a portraitist and still life painter, teacher, illustrator and writer. His preferred media were oil and watercolor. His father was Timothy Cole, noted wood engraver. From 1893 to 1901, he studied in Paris at the Academie Julian with Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. He also studied in Italy for many years. From 1924 to 1931, he taught portrait and still life classes at Cooper Union. He was a member of the Lyme Connecticut Art Association, and from 1952 to 1953, was president of the Allied Artists of America, and was an honorary member of the National Arts Club. Mr. Cole actively painted and exhibited up to the age of 103.

Loring Coleman (1918-)

New England Farm, c. 1955

watercolor

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Coleman studied with H. Dudley Murphy and Charles Curtis Allen. A master in the medium of watercolor, his subjects are places and a time rapidly becoming extinct. Loring Coleman's paintings of farmhouses, fields and barns emanate enduring qualities in their gentle truths. He is a member of the National Academy of Design, American Watercolor Society and former Art Director and Vice President of the Concord Art Association. His work is in many public and private collections.

Mario Ruben Cooper (1905-1995)

Maiko Visit, 1990

watercolor

Born in Mexico City, Mexico, he was raised in Los Angeles where he studied at Chouinard and Otis Art Institute, continuing at Columbia University and Grand Central Art School, New York where he later taught. He was a painter and sculptor. He is represented in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Butler Institute of American Art. He was a member of Audubon Artists (Past President), American Watercolor Society (Past President), California Watercolor Society, the National Academy of Design, Allied Artists of America. Cooper authored many books including "Flower Painting in Watercolor", "Drawing and Painting the City" and others. Some of his commissions include the Chapel of Intercession of St. Martins, a series of paintings for the United States Air Force.

Paul Cornoyer (1864-1923)

Street Scene, c. 1900

oil

Paul Cornoyer was born in 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied there at the School of Fine Arts in 1881. His first works were in a Barbizon style, and his first exhibit was in 1887. In 1889, he went to Paris for further training, studying at the Academie Julien, and returned to St. Louis in 1894. In 1899, Cornoyer traveled to New York City, upon the encouragement of William Merritt Chase, who had acquired some of his work. In addition, Cornoyer taught at the Mechanics Institute in New York, and later was an instructor in Massachusetts, moving there in 1917. He was an active exhibitor at the Art Institute of Chicago and Corcoran Gallery of Art. He was a member of Allied Artists of America, National Academy of Design, and Newark Art Association. He painted and exhibited his works up until his death in 1923.

Dean Cornwell (1892-1960)

Waiting, c. 1935

oil

Dean Cornwell began his career as an illustrator in 1914 and worked steadily at his avocation until his death at sixty-eight. His art appeared regularly in popular magazines and important books written by a number of the most outstanding authors. Cornwell was born on March 5, 1892 in Louisville, Kentucky and his father, Charles L. Cornwell, a civil engineer, largely influenced the young boy's interest in drawing due to his drafting of industrial subjects for hours on end. Dean attended the Art Students League in New York. It was there, in 1915, he met Charles Chapman and studied under Harvey Dunn. Paintings by Cornwell have been exhibited in the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Chicago Art Institute and the National Academy of Design. He taught and lectured at the Art Students League in New York City and at museums and art societies throughout the United States. James Montgomery Flagg paid him a tribute when he said, "Cornwell is the illustrator par excellence-his work is approached by few and overtopped by none...he is a born artist.

John Edward Costigan (1888-1972)

Hunter, c. 1940

watercolor

John Costigan was born in 1888 in Providence, Rhode Island. He was a largely self-taught "pastoralist", painting scenes of everyday life on rural farms of upstate New York. He also worked as a sketch artist for H. Miner Lithography Company for 22 years. His memberships include the National Academy of Design, Allied Artists of America, and American Society of Animal Painters and Sculptors. His awards include the Hallgarten Prize at the National Academy of Design; Isidor Prize, Salmagundi Club; Peterson Purchase Prize at the Art Institute of Chicago. His numerous works are held in American museums including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Phillips Memorial Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio.

J. Steeple Davis (1844-1917)

Street in Argentivil, c. 1890

oil

Born in Parkridge, England. This painter and illustrator studied with Jean-Leon Gerome in Bonn. He exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1878 and 1880; the National Academy of Design 1878-1881 and the Paris Expo in 1900. He was the illustrator for "The Standard History of the U. S." and "The Story of the Greater Nations". He died in Brooklyn, New York.

Franklin De Haven (1856-1934)

Night, 1900

oil

Born in Bluffton, Indiana, Franklin De Haven became a landscape painter and musician, known especially for skyscapes with tones of yellows and pinks. He arrived in New York in 1886 and became a pupil of George Smillie, learning the tradition of classical landscape painting in Tonalist style. He was the recipient of the Silver Medal at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904 and numerous other awards. De Haven was a member of the National Academy of Design, where he exhibited for nearly fifty years, and the Allied Artists of America. His work is in the Butler Institute of American Art, the National Arts Club, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Columbus Museum of Art, the Newark Museum, and Colby College Museum of Art.

Frank H. Desch (1873-1934)

Reflections, c. 1919

oil

Painter, Frank Desch was born in 1873 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he lived in Provincetown, Massachusetts and later in New York City. He studied under William Merritt Chase, Charles Hawthorne, and Biloul in Paris. He worked primarily in oil and focused on figure and portrait subjects in the style of impressionism. Desch was a member of the Allied Artists of America, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Salmagundi Club, and Provincetown Art Association. He exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Salmagundi Club and the Corcoran Gallery. His work can be seen in the Butler Art Institute, Salmagundi Club, and the Bloomington Art Association, Illinois.

Francis Stillwell Dixon (1879-1967)

Landscape, c. 1920

oil

Born in New York City on September 18, 1879, Dixon appears to have spent his entire career there except during 1915-17 when he lived in Los Angeles. He studied at the Art Students League in New York City under Robert Henri and with Charles Hawthorne in Cape Cod. He is known for his landscapes and marine paintings in the medium of oil. His memberships include the Salmagundi Club, Allied Artists of America, and the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts. Dixon exhibited at Folson Galleries, New York in 1917; National Academy of Design in 1925; Babcock Galleries, New York City, 1926.

Charles Warren Eaton (1857-1937)

Canal, 1902

oil

Born in Albany, New York, Charles Eaton became a Tonalist landscape painter much influenced by George Inness. In 1879, he enrolled at the National Academy of Design in New York City and then studied figure painting at the Art Students League with

J. Carroll Beckwith. He became a close associate with Leonard Ochtman and Ben Foster, both Tonalist painters, and traveled with them to France and England where each formed their own style in reaction to the pervasive Barbizon style of rural landscape and genre painting. He continued to travel rather extensively, visiting Glacier National Park in Montana in 1921 and Italy from 1910 to 1912 and in 1923. He won many prizes including those from Salmagundi Club, the Philadelphia Art Club and the 1904 St. Louis Exposition. He was a founding member of the Lotus and Salmagundi Clubs. He exhibited at The Chicago Art Institute. His works are held by Cincinnati Museum, the National Gallery of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Hackley Gallery and many others.

Gary T. Erbe (1944-)

Virtuoso, 1982

oil

Born in Union City, New Jersey, Erbe is self-taught. He began painting in 1965 and pursued art full time in 1970. He has been President of Allied Artists of America since 1994. He is an honorary member of the National Arts Club and the Salmagundi Club. He is also member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts and Artists Fellowship. Awards include: Gold Medals from Audubon Artists, Allied Artists of America; First Prize from the National Arts Club; Hallgarten Award from the National Academy of Design; First Prize from the Butler Institute of American Art and others. Erbe has had one man shows at the Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio; Springfield Art Museum, Missouri; the New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut; the Montclair Museum, New Jersey; the National Arts Club, New York City; ACA Galleries, New York City. His works are in the Butler Institute of American Art, the Springfield Art Museum, the National Arts Club, and the New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut to name a few.

John Foote (1929-)

Boy from Peru, 1970

drawing

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Foote studied at the Art Students League, The National Academy of Design and in Florence, Italy. He published two books, "Drawing the figure in Pastel" and "Portrait Painting". He exhibited at The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, London and became the first American Artist elected to full membership in the British Federation of Artists. A partial list of portrait commissions includes Sir Alec Guiness, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Alan Bates and Marilyn Horne. He taught at the School of Visual Arts and the Art Students League. He maintains a studio in Manhattan where he teaches privately.

Arthur Freedlander (1875-1940)

Portrait of Lady with Feather Hat, c. 1915

oil

Arthur R. Freedlander worked in the impressionist style. His palette had soft pastel tones often using light green and a soft sandy tan. He worked in New York, but also lived in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. Freedlander studied with American artists, John Twachtman, William Merritt Chase, and Henry Siddons Mowbray. He also studied with Cormon, in Paris. He was a member of the Salmagundi Club, 1905; Artists Guild; Brooklyn Society of Artists; American Watercolor Society; Allied Artists of America; Connecticut Academy of Fine Art; American Artists Professional League. He exhibited at the Salmagundi Club in 1915 and won a prize. His work can be found at the H. Vance Swope Memorial, Seymour, Indiana and in the court- room in the Bronx County building in New York. He was the Director of the Martha's Vineyard School of Art.

Frank Godwin (1889-1959)

Hilltop, c. 1910

oil

Frank Godwin was a prominent painter, magazine illustrator, and advertising artist, who lent his sophisticated talents to the comics for the last 30 years of his life. Godwin was the son of an editor for the Washington Star, and began his career in art with his father's paper at the age of 16. A desire to both perfect his work and broaden his range of opportunity drew him to New York City. There, he studied at the Art Students League. The close companionship and support of the older James Montgomery Flagg, already an established commercial artist, helped him to enter the market. He also painted in oils, and his murals for the Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, and the Riverside Yacht Club in Greenwich, Connecticut, are still much admired. He was an active member of the Society of Illustrators for many years, serving for a time as its vice president. He has been elected to its Hall of Fame.

John Grabach (1886-1981)

Pigeons, c. 1925

oil

Ceramist and painter, born in Newark, New Jersey in 1886, Grabach studied at the Art Students League of New York City with Frank Dumond, Kenyon Cox, August Schwabe and George Bridgeman. He developed a life long friendship with artist Henry Gasser, also born in Newark, New Jersey. He is best known for his portraits and urban scenes. He was active in Los Angeles in the 1920s but spent most of his career as a resident of lrvington, New Jersey. Grabach taught at the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, Philadelphia Watercolor Club, Society of Independent Artists and others. He died in Irvington, New Jersey.

Frank Russel Green (1856-1940)

Horse & Cart, 1898

watercolor

Green was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at Academy Julien, Paris and was a pupil of Boulanger. He also studied with Raphael Collin and Gustave Courtois. His preferred media were oil and watercolor and his specialty was landscape, genre and still life. His awards include Bronze Medal, St. Louis Exposition, 1904, Shaw Prize, Salmagundi Club, 1908 and others. Green was a member of the National Academy of Design, American Watercolor Society, New York Watercolor Club and others.

Daniel Greene (1934-)

Pietro Valerio, 1964

pastel

Born in 1934 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Greene studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, the Art Students League with Robert Brackman and the National Academy of Design with Robert Philipp. He is best known for his portraits in oil and pastel. Among his memberships are the National Academy of Design and Allied Artists of America. His work is represented in the Norfolk Museum, Shelburne Museum, Yale University and many others.

Charles Paul Gruppe (1860-1940)

Leading Cows Home, c. 1900

oil

Landscape and marine painter Charles Paul Gruppe was born in Picton, Canada, in 1860. Largely self-taught, Gruppe studied in Holland and a good portion of his work consists of Holland inspired scenes. In 1925, after seeing an exhibition in New York that featured the beautiful winter harbor scenes of Gloucester by Frederick Mulhaupt, Gruppe and his father headed to Cape Ann. Both fell in love with Cape Ann and continued to paint in the Cape Ann area for the rest of their lives. He was a member of New York Watercolor Club, American Watercolor Society, Philadelphia Art Club, and he was honored with numerous awards and medals, including gold medals at Paris and Rouen, and two silver medals (watercolor and oil) at the World's Fair in St. Louis in 1903. Charles P. Gruppe was also a member of the Salmagundi Club in New York. His works are in the Detroit Institute of Art, National Gallery of Art, the Butler Institute of American Art, Reading Museum and others. Gruppe died in Rockport, Massachusetts, at his studio, at the age of 80.

Charles Webster Hawthorne (1872-1930)

Men Seated, Drinking, c. 1915

oil

Charles Webster Hawthorne, born in 1872, studied at the National Academy of Design, Art Students League and Shinnecock Summer Art School with William Chase. Hawthorne was a specialist in portraits and genre paintings and set up a colony of artists in Provincetown, Massachusetts. He was a Naturalist painter with an Impressionistic style, staying within the academic traditions that other Modernists rejected. Hawthorne's memberships included the National Academy of Design and the American Watercolor Society. Awards for excellence include Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1923 and Gold Medal, Sesqui-Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1926. His works are held by over forty museums around the United States.

Howard Logan Hildebrandt (1872-1958)

Mother and Two Girls, c. 1920

oil

Portraitist Howard Hildebrandt was born in the small town of Allegheny, Pennsylvania where his natural interest in people was evident from an early age. He attended the National Academy of Design in New York, the Julian Academy under Benjamin-Constant and J. P. Laurens in Paris and was one of a small number of foreigners permitted regular enrollment as an eleve at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Like John Singer Sargent, Hildebrandt took great care with his backgrounds as he considered them an important part of the portrait. He achieved an American Watercolor Society prize for a portrait that he executed in watercolor. Hildebrandt was also awarded the Evans Prize and first honor, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh; the Brown-Bigelow gold medal of the Allied Artists of America; and the Purchase Prize of the Salmagundi Club. Hildebrandt is represented with several oils in the Butler Art Institute of Youngstown, Ohio; at Pennsylvania State College, New York's Lotus Club, the Engineers Club; and a self-portrait in the National Academy of Design.

Samuel Isham (1855-1914)

Portrait of A Lady, 1890

oil

Isham was born in New York City. He studied at Yale University and Academy Julien, Paris with Boulanger and Lefebvre from 1883 to 1889; also with J. de la Chevreuse in Paris. His memberships include New York Watercolor Club, National Institute of Arts and Letters, National Academy of Design and Salmagundi Club. His awards include Silver Medal at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. He exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Boston Arts Club, Corcoran Gallery of Art and others. He died in East Hampton, New York.

Hugh Bolton Jones (1848-1927)

Landscape, c. 1890

oil

Hugh Bolton Jones was an award winning landscape artist of the late nineteenth century, whose paintings of pastoral scenes were widely exhibited in the United States around the turn of the century. Born in 1848 in Baltimore, Jones began his formal studies at the Maryland Institute. In 1865, he studied under Horace W. Robbins in New York City, and two years later exhibited at the National Academy of Design. From 1865 to 1876, Jones painted many landscapes. In style and subject matter, his paintings of this period tend to reflect the dominant influence of the Hudson River School. He was elected an associate of the National Academy of Design in 1893; he received awards at the Paris expositions of 1889 and 1900; the St. Louis exposition of 1904 and Columbian Exposition, Chicago. His works are held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Brooklyn Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He continued to paint until his death in 1927, in New York City.

Diana Kan (1926-)

September Song, 1998

watercolor

Diana Kan was born in Hong Kong in 1926 and began her art studies there with the legendary Chang Dai Chien. She also attended the Art Students League in New York and the Beaux Arts in Paris. Kan's paintings have been exhibited nationally and internationally since she was nine. Her work can also be seen in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Nelson Atkins Museum in Kansas City, and the National Historical Museum in Taiwan. Kan was a director of the American Watercolor Society and the Pen and Brush. She is also a member of the Salmagundi Club and Allied Artists of America. Kan authored the book, "How and Why of Chinese Painting."

Everett Raymond Kinstler (1926-)

Liv Ullmann, 1982

oil

Born in New York City. Kinstler began his career at age 16, illustrating for popular pulp magazines including "The Shadow". He studied at the Art Students League where he later taught. A nationally known portrait painter, he has painted over 500 portraits from presidents to actors. He is a member of the National Academy of Design, American Watercolor Society, Pastel Society of America and others. In 1999, Kinstler received the Copley Medal from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. He maintains his studio at the National Arts Club, New York City.

Adrian Stymets Lamb (1901-1988)

The Armor Room, c. 1945

oil

Lamb was born in New York City and resided in Cresskill, New Jersey for part of his life. He studied at the Art Students League with Frank Dumond and George Bridgeman and Academy Julien, Paris. He is primarily a portrait painter and was associated with Portraits, Inc. for many years. Lamb became a prize-winning artist by the time he was twenty-six years old. His memberships include Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi Club, National Arts Club and Art Students League. His works are exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC, Columbia University, New York City, the Capitol Building, Washington, DC to name a few.

Gerald Leake (1885-1975)

The Song, c. 1923

oil

Leake was born in London, England. His places of residence in the United States were New York City and Marathon, Florida. He was a member of Allied Artists of America, American Watercolor Society, the National Arts Club and others. His awards include Gold Medal, Allied Artists of America, Shaw Prize, Salmagundi Club and others. He is best known for his townscapes, figures and portraits in oil and acrylic. Leake exhibited at The National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and others. He died in Marathon, Florida.

Will Hicok Low (1853-1932)

Salmagundi Club in Early Times, 1879

watercolor

Will Hicok Low, born in Albany, New York, in 1853, was a leading muralist and figurative painter who explored both Barbizon landscape and a colorful Victorian style. Low studied at Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He was a pupil of Jean Leon Gerome and Carolus Duran in Paris. He is best known for his figure and allegorical paintings in oil and acrylic. He also did many mural commissions. Low was a member of the National Academy of Design, Century Association, National Society of Mural Painters and others. His works are held Metropolitan Museum of Art, Montclair Art Museum, Smithsonian, Art Institute, Chicago, and the National Gallery of Art, among others. He died in Bronxville, New York.

Antonio Martino (1902-1988)

Tracks in Winter, c. 1940

oil

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Antonio Martino was the brother of Giovanni Martino. At the age of twenty three he had two paintings accepted in the Pennsylvania Academy for the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition. He studied at The Philadelphia Museum College of Art. Antonio Martino's work is a prominent example of the long tradition of realistic painting and instruction in Philadelphia. He also studied at La France Art Institute. He taught at Kline-Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA. His memberships include The American Watercolor Society, Philadelphia Sketch Club and Da Vinci Art Alliance. His works are in the Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio; Woodmere Art Museum, Pennsylvania; Reading Museum, Pennsylvania and others.

Giovanni Martino (1908-1998)

Street Scene, 1945

oil

Born in Philadelphia, PA. He studied at La France Institute and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. From the age of 15, he began painting scenes of Philadelphia, Manayunk and New Hope, PA. Over the years, he garnered many awards for his work and was a member of the National Academy of Design and The American Watercolor Society. Martino exhibited at The Whitney Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and Art Institute of Chicago among others. His works are in the National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Reading Museum, and the Butler Institute of American Art. He died in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.

Frank Herbert Mason (1921-)

Alexander Eliot, 1995

oil

Mason was born in Cleveland, Ohio. A long-time teacher at the Art Students League in New York City, he had a forty-four year career in the classroom. Mason studied at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League. He is known for his murals and portraits. His mural commissions include the New York State Capitol, Albany; the US War Department; Old St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City and many others. His work is in many public and private collections. He is a member of the National Academy of Design. In 2002, The Artists Fellowship honored him for his contribution to the arts.

Peter Bela Mayer (1887-1992)

Landscape, c. 1935

oil

Born in Loeche, Hungary. Mayer studied at The National Academy of Design. He was a pupil of C.Y. Turner, E. Ward and Ivan Olinsky. His specialty was landscapes and coastal views in oils and acrylic. Mayer exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Corcoran Gallery of Art, the National Academy of Design, 1916-1948, and the Brooklyn Museum among others.

Gari Melchers (1860-1932)

Woman Putting on Shoe, c. 1910

red crayon drawing

Born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of a wood-carver and Paris-trained sculptor, Melchers studied at Düsseldorf Academy, Academy Julien, Paris and was a pupil of his father Julius Melchers. His memberships include the National Academy of Design, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and Scarab Club, Detroit. His awards include Silver Medal, Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1910 and Gold Medal, Panama-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901. Melchers is best known for his paintings of figures, portraits and genre; he also did mural commissions. His works are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, Carnegie Institute and numerous others around the country. He died in Falmouth, Virginia.

Dale Meyers (1922-)

Winter Marsh, 1980

watercolor

Dale was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her work has been exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institute, The National Gallery and throughout the United States and Europe. She served for many years as President of American Watercolor Society and is an official artist for the US Coast Guard. She is a member of the National Academy of Design and former President of Allied Artists of America.

John Francis Murphy (1853-1921)

Landscape, 1879

oil on Grisaille

Born in Oswego, New York, known for his landscape paintings, John Francis Murphy was completely self-taught. He kept his studio for many years in New York City. Murphy's work was first exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1876, where he was inducted eleven years later. He was also a member of Society of American Art, American Watercolor Society and Salmagundi Club. He is known for his landscapes and still life in oil and watercolor. He exhibited at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Boston Art Club, and Columbian Exposition, Chicago. His works are held in many museums around the United States. He died in New York City.

Henry Hobart Nichols (1869-1962)

Winter Scene, c. 1930

oil

Henry Hobart Nichols (1869-1962)

1939 World's Fair, 1939

oil

Born in Washington, DC, Nichols studied at Shortledge College, Pennsylvania; Art Students League and Froebel Institute, Germany specializing in landscapes. Nichols exhibited extensively, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and National Academy of Design. His works are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery, Corcoran Gallery of Art and many others. He died in Bronxville, NY.

John Noble (1874-1934)

Blue Landscape, 1909

oil

Born in Wichita, Kansas, Noble was raised on the Osage Indian Reservation. He studied art at the Cincinnati Academy of Fine Arts; Academy des Beaux-Art, Brussels and Academy Julien, Paris. His preferred media were oil and acrylic and he specialized in landscapes, marine views and animals. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, Allied Artists of America, Provincetown Art Association and others. Noble garnered many awards including Salmagundi Purchase Prize, W.A. Clark Prize, and Corcoran Gallery of Art. His works are in the Delgado Museum, New Orleans; Dallas Museum, Texas; and Wichita Museum, Kansas.

Leonard Ochtman (1854-1934)

Snowscape, 1900

watercolor

Born in Zonnemaire, Holland. Ochtman immigrated to America in 1866. He was a self-taught Tonalist and Impressionist, landscape painter of sunsets, and twilight and dawn scenes that conveyed silence and serenity. His media were oil and watercolor. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, American Watercolor Society and Society of American Artists among others. His awards include Inness Gold Medal, the National Academy of Design; Gold Medal, Philadelphia Art Club; Columbian Exposition, Chicago. Among the numerous museums whose collections include Ochtman's work are Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Brooklyn Museum, and Butler Institute of American Art. He died in Cos Cob, Connecticut.

H. Willard Ortlip (1886-1964)

My Son Paul, c. 1930

oil

Born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, Ortlip studied at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He was a pupil of William Merritt Chase and Cecilia Beaux. He is best known for his portraits and still life in oil and acrylic; he also did mural commissions. Ortlip taught portrait painting at Houghton College in New York. His memberships include Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi Club, National Society of Mural Painters and American Art Professionals League. He exhibited at the New York Worlds Fair, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and others. His works are in the Chamber of Commerce, York, Pennsylvania and Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky.

Charles Anton Pfahl (1946-)

Privacy, 1973

oil

Born in Akron, Ohio, realist painter, Charles Pfahl, is best known for his mysterious interiors, haunting still life subjects and sumptuous figural genres that he painted in oil. He studied with Robert Brackman in Madison, Connecticut, John Koch in New York, with Jack Richard and in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He was given a solo retrospective at Grand Central Art Galleries in New York City in 1980. He is an instructor of painting at the Arts Student League, NYC (1981-) and a member of Allied Artists of America, Audubon Artists and Salmagundi Club. Pfahl's exhibit experience includes Butler Institute of American Art, Westmoreland Museum, Pennsylvania; Allied Artists of America. His awards include the Hallgarten Award at the National Academy of Design.

Richard Pionk (1938-)

Café Central Vienna, 2001

oil

Born in Moose Lake, Minnesota, Pionk studied with Daniel Greene and Sidney E. Dickinson at the Art Students League. In 1984, he was named Master Pastelist by the Pastel Society of America and in 1997 was inducted into the Pastel Hall of Fame. He teaches at the Art Students League and is President of the Salmagundi Club. Pionk has garnered many awards for his work. He is best known for his still life, portraits and interior scenes in oil and pastel. He continues to paint in his Union Square Studio in New York City.

Arthur J. Powell (1864-1956)

Winterscene, 1930

oil

Powell was born in Vanwert, Ohio and studied at the San Francisco School of Design, St. Louis School of Fine Arts and Academy Julien, Paris. He was a pupil of Ferrier and Toulouse. He worked primarily in oil and acrylic and was known for his murals and landscapes. His murals are at the Methodist and St. James churches in Dover Plains and the Bowen Hospital in Poughkeepsie. He exhibited at The Corcoran Gallery of Art and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

Harry Roseland (1868-1950)

Black Orator, 1899

oil

Roseland, born in Brooklyn, New York in 1868, matured as an artist while waves of change were sweeping over the art world. Largely self-taught, he chose to paint what he saw. Roseland was a pupil of J.B. Whittaker and Carroll Beckwith. His specialty was African-American genre, figures, portraits and interiors. His memberships included Brooklyn Art Club, Brooklyn Painters and Sculptors, Brooklyn Society of Artists. His awards include Gold Medal, Brooklyn Art Club; Hallgarten Prize, National Academy of Design; Bronze Medal, Charleston Exposition and others. His works are in the Huntington Art Museum, Charleston Art Museum, and Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Harry Roseland never left his native Brooklyn, dying in New York in 1950.

Henry Rosenberg (1858-1947)

Still Life with Fish, c. 1910

oil

Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he studied at the Royal Academy in Munich with Frank Duveneck and in Venice, Italy with Whistler. After moving to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1897 he became principal of the Victoria School of Art & Design from 1898 to 1910. This institution eventually became the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design. He is known for his landscape and posters. He died in Citronelle, Alabama in 1947.

Albert Rosenthal (1863-1939)

Portrait of C. Wiggins, 1920

oil

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rosenthal studied at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; Academie Julian, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, with Gerome; and also in Munich, Germany. He was a pupil of his father, Max Rosenthal. He was a member of the Washington Art Club, Charcoal Club, Baltimore American Federation of Arts, Salmagundi Club and Philadelphia Alliance. His awards include Bronze Medal, Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco and Bronze Medal, St. Louis Exposition among others. His works are held in numerous American museums including Brooklyn Museum, Butler Institute of American Art, and Dallas Art Association.

Sigurd Skou (1878-1929)

In Harbor, 1928

oil

Sigurd Skou was an Impressionist, born in Norway and best known for his portraits of fishermen, seascapes, still lifes and nudes. Skou was a pupil of Andres Zorn and Per Krogh. He was a member of Allied Artists of America, and he also belonged to the Boston Arts Club, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Aquarellists of America, American Federation of Arts, National Arts Club and the American Art Association of Paris. He exhibited at the Whitney Museum in 1929 and the National Academy of Design in 1925. Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa holds three of his paintings. He won a Gold Medal at Allied Artists of America, New York City. He died in Paris.

Walter Granville Smith (1870-1938)

Landscape

circa 1905

oil

Walter Granville Smith was born in South Granville, New York. He studied at The Art Students League prior to going to Europe. He was a pupil of Willard Metcalf and Carroll Beckwith. He is best known for his landscapes and seascapes in the media of oil and watercolor. Smith was a member of the National Academy of Design, Allied Artists of America, and National Arts Club. His awards include the Inness Gold Medal and the Carnegie Prize at the National Academy of Design; First Prize, Worchester Museum of Art; Evans Prize, American Watercolor Society; Bronze Medal, Charleston Exposition and his paintings won prizes in such diverse places as Buenos Aires and Amsterdam. His works are in The Butler Institute of American Art, Toledo Museum, Philadelphia Art Club and others. He died in Bellport, Long Island, New York.

H. Vance Swope (1879-1926)

Seascape, c. 1920

oil

Swope studied at Hanover College, Indiana, Academy Julien, Paris with Benjamin Constant, and at Cincinnati Art Academy. He was a member of American Watercolor Society, New York Architectural League, Guild of American Painters and Salmagundi Club. He is best known for his landscapes and marine paintings. Swope's work exhibits his interest in the Impressionist movement in America. He exhibited at the Society of Independent Artists, Art Institute of Chicago and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

He died in New York City.

John Wenger (1887-1976)

Woman in Interior, 1918

oil

John Wenger was born in Elizabethgrad, Russia. He was born an artist, and at the age of three was painting with brushes while at play. Later he attended Gihnazia, which is equivalent to high school but on a college level. At the age of thirteen, Wenger became a student at the Imperial Art Academy of Odessa. After immigrating to America he studied at the National Academy of Design. He was a member of American Watercolor Society, National Academy of Design and New York Watercolor Club. He is best known for his surreal western genre and portraits. Wenger exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Chicago Art Institute, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. His awards include Bronze Medal, Sesqui-Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia. His art came to an end when he died in New York City at the age of 89.

Gustav Wiegand (1870-1957)

Landscape, c. 1910

oil

Born in Germany, Wiegand studied at the Dresden Royal Academy where he was a pupil of Eugene Bracht. He also studied under William Merritt Chase in New York. Known for his murals, landscapes and still life, Wiegand was active between 1890-1930. His memberships include the Salmagundi Club, Allied Artists of America, the National Arts Club, and New York Society of Painters. His awards include Bronze Medal, the St. Louis Exposition, and Hallgarten Prize, The National Academy of Design. His works are in the Newark Museum, New Jersey, the National Arts Club, and the Brooklyn Museum. He died in Old Chatham, New York.

Guy Carleton Wiggins (1883-1962)

Winter storm, NY, 1962

oil

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Guy began his training under his father, John Carleton Wiggins. Around the turn of the century, he enrolled in architecture and drawing at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He later studied painting at the National Academy of Design. At the age of 20, Wiggins became the youngest artist to have his work accepted into the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His memberships include Lyme Art Association, the National Arts Club, and New Haven Paint and Clay Club. Some of his works are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, and Wadsworth Atheneum. He worked primarily in oils and his favorite subjects were urban snow scenes and landscapes. He taught at the Guy Wiggins Art School. He died while on vacation in St. Augustine, Florida.

Frederick Ballard Williams (1871-1956)

Landscape, 1911

oil

Williams was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was educated in the public schools of Bloomfield and Montclair, New Jersey. He took night art classes in New York City at Cooper Union Art School. He also studied at the New York Institute of Artists and Artisans and with John Ward Stimson, a romantic or idealist painter, before attending the School of the National Academy of Design where he had his first exhibition in 1901. He then traveled to England and France where he was inspired by the Barbizon aesthetic of placing laboring figures in landscape. He used the media of oil, watercolors and acrylic. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, American Artists Professional League, and New York Watercolor Club. Partial lists of awards include the Bronze Medal, Panama-American Exposition, Buffalo and Gold Medal, The National Academy of Design. His works are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Montclair Art Museum and others around the United States. He died in Glenridge, New Jersey.

PALETTES

Gari Melchers, Emil Carlsen, Ernest Lawson, Carl Johann Blenner,

John Francis Murphy, William Merritt Chase, Ralph Blakelock

SALMAGUNDI MUGS

W. Granville Smith

c. 1905

J. F. Murphy

1914

Frederick Ballard Williams

1911

Carle Johann Blenner

1910

Charles Volkmar

1898

SALMAGUNDI CLUB Metal of Honor

Thumb Box Stag, Dinner Party

Salmagundi Club, November 16, 1956

Another annual club event is the "Thumb Box" Exhibition. The name is derived from the portable wooden paint box widely used by artists for holding their palette, brushes and paint. This exhibition limits the size of the entries to no larger than 16 x 20 inches. Many of these small and precious works are in The Salmagundi collection including Giovanni Martino's "Street Scene", 1945 and John Grabach's "Pigeons", circa 1925. The "Thumb Box" Exhibition is deeply rooted in the club's history and the tradition continues, as does the club's dedication to the advancement of American art.

New Year's Eve Party

Salmagundi Club, December 31, 1931

Notes:

1. Courtesy of The Salmagundi Club Inc., New York, New York

2. Accessed from the Smith Kramer Travelling Exhibitions web site 1/31/05.

3. Courtesy of Smith Kramer Travelling Exhibitions. All works may not be on display at each venue

Read more articles and essays concerning this institutional source by visiting the sub-index page for the Dubuque Museum of Art in Resource Library.

RL readers may also enjoy these earlier articles and essays:

Artists of the Salmagundi Club from the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts Permanent Collection (12/20/03)

A Fertile Fellowship: Celebrating 125 Years of the Salmagundi Club (6/21/99)

Examples of artworks created by artists affiliated with the Salmagundi Club:

(above: Soren Emil Carlsen,Study in Grey, 1906, oil on canvas, 86 x 97 cm, Dallas Museum of Art, Munger Fund. Image and text source: Wikimedia Commons - public domain*)

(above: Frederick Childe Hassam,_West Indian G_irl, 1914, oil on canvas, Harvard Art Museums. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

(above: Charles Webster Hawthorne,The Family, 1915, oil on canvas laid down on panel by the artist, 48 by 56 inches, Sothebys. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

Pending:

Robert Frederick Blum

Howard Chandler Christy

Dean Cornwell

Frank H. Desch

Hugh Bolton Jones

Lawrence McCoy

John Francis Murphy

Joseph Pennell

Edward W. Redfield

John Sloan

Guy Wiggins

TFAO also suggests these DVD or VHS videos:

The Life and Work of J. E. Costigan, N.A. 1992. This video biography is rendering of John Costigan's life and work as collectively depicted by scholars who knew him through his work and by a daughter and nephew who knew him also as a person. 29 minutes (text courtesy Georgia Museum of Art)

TFAO catalogues:

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