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Granville Richard Seymour Redmond (March 9, 1871 – May 24, 1935) was an American landscape painter and exponent of Tonalism and California Impressionism. He was also an occasional actor for his friend Charlie Chaplin.

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Granville Redmond
Self-portrait (1919)
Born	Granville Richard Seymour Redmond (1871-03-09)March 9, 1871 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	May 24, 1935(1935-05-24) (aged 64) Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
Education	Impressionism, Tonalism
Known for	landscape painting

Early years

Redmond was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 9, 1871, to a hearing family. He contracted scarlet fever at around 2½ to the age of 3; when he recovered, he was found to be deaf. This may have prompted his family's decision to move from the East Coast to San Jose, California: the possibility for his education at the Berkeley School for the Deaf.

Study

Granville attended the California School for the Deaf in Berkeley from 1879 to 1890 where his artistic talents were recognized and encouraged. There his teacher Theophilus d'Estrella taught him painting, drawing and pantomime.[1]

When he graduated from CSD, Redmond enrolled at another CSD: the California School of Design in San Francisco, where he worked for three years with teachers such as Arthur Frank Mathews and Amédée Joullin. He famously won the W. E. Brown Medal of Excellence. He associated with many other artists, including Gottardo Piazzoni and Giuseppe Cadenasso. Piazzoni learned American Sign Language, and he and Redmond became lifelong friends. They lived together in Parkfield and Tiburon, California.

In 1893 Redmond won a scholarship from the California School of the Deaf which made it possible for him to study in Paris at the Académie Julian under teachers Jean-Paul Laurens and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant. He roomed with the sculptor Douglas Tilden, another graduate of the California School for the Deaf. "Tilden was a tremendous help to Redmond, teaching him French and how to get around in Paris; they became best friends for the rest of their lives."[2] In 1895, Redmond's painting Matin d'Hiver was accepted for the Paris Salon.

Back in California

In 1898, he returned to California and settled in Los Angeles. He was married in 1899 to Carrie Ann Jean, a former student of the Illinois School for the Deaf. Together they had three children.

Working with Chaplin

While living in Los Angeles, he became friends with Charles Chaplin, who admired the natural expressiveness of a deaf person using American Sign Language. Chaplin asked Redmond to help him develop the techniques Chaplin later used in his silent films. Chaplin, impressed with Redmond's skill, gave Redmond a studio on the movie lot, collected his paintings, and sponsored him in silent acting roles, including the sculptor in City Lights. Chaplin told a writer for The Silent Worker of a Redmond painting, "I could look at it for hours. It means so many things" and Chaplin's famous The Dance of the Oceana Rolls was Redmond-inspired.

During this time Redmond did not neglect his painting. Through Chaplin he met Los Angeles neighbor artists Elmer Wachtel and Norman St. Clair. They showed works at the Spring Exhibition held in San Francisco in 1904. By 1905 Redmond was receiving considerable recognition as a leading landscape painter and bold colorist.

He died on May 24, 1935, in Los Angeles.

Selected paintings

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  A Field of California Poppies
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  Malibu Coast Spring
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  Coastal Storm

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1918	A Dog's Life	Dance-hall owner	Uncredited
1921	The Kid	The Man's Friend	Uncredited
1921	The Three Musketeers
1923	A Woman of Paris	Man in Nightclub	Uncredited
1925	A Regular Fellow
1926	You'd Be Surprised	Grey - Butler / Deputy Coroner
1931	City Lights	Sculptor	Uncredited, (final film role)

Collections

• Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
• California School for the Deaf, Fremont.
• Cantor Arts Center, Stanford.
• Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento.
• De Young Museum, San Francisco.
• Granville Redmond Fine Art, Los Angeles.
• Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
• K. Nathan Gallery, La Jolla, California.
• Museum of the City of New York.
• Oakland Museum of California

Awards

• Gold Medal, W. E. Brown Award, California School of Design, 1892.
• Medal, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904.
• Silver Medal, Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 1909.

References

Bibliography

External links

• Biographical information at AskART.com
• Artcyclopedia list of galleries where Redmond's works are shown
• Redmond Biography
• Granville Redmond at IMDb
• Collections at AllPainter.com

На других языках

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[de] Granville Redmond

Granville Richard Seymor Redmond (* 9. März 1871 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; † 24. Mai 1935 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Landschaftsmaler und Stummfilmschauspieler.

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- [en] Granville Redmond

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[fr] Granville Redmond

Granville Redmond né le 9 mars 1871 à Philadelphie en Pennsylvanie et mort le 24 mai 1935 à Los Angeles en Californie, est un peintre et acteur sourd américain.

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[it] Granville Redmond

Granville Redmond (Filadelfia, 9 marzo 1871 – Los Angeles, 24 maggio 1935) è stato un pittore e attore statunitense, membro della comunità sorda.

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[ru] Редмонд, Гренвилль

Гренвилль Редмонд (англ. Granville Redmond), 1871—1935 — американский художник-пейзажист, работавший в жанрах тонализма и калифорнийского импрессионизма.

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