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Guy Carleton Wiggins NA (February 23, 1883 – April 25, 1962) was an American impressionist painter. He was the president of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, and a member of the Old Lyme Art Colony. He did many paintings of New York City's snowy streets, landmarks and towering skyscrapers during winter.

Guy C. Wiggins
Guy C. Wiggins, c. 1910
Born	February 23, 1883 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Died	April 25, 1962 St. Augustine, Florida, U.S.
Resting place	Old Lyme, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation	Painter
Spouse	Dolores Gaxton
Children	2 sons, 1 daughter

Early life

Wiggins was born on February 23, 1883 in Brooklyn.[1] His father Carleton Wiggins was an accomplished artist who gave his son his first training as a painter.[1] He attended the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, the Art Students League of New York, and the National Academy of Design.[1] His teachers at the academy were William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Wiggins often painted scenes of New York City, as evident in The Metropolitan Tower (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York); Washington Square in Winter (Richmond Art Museum, Indiana); Columbia Circle, Winter (National Gallery of Art, Washington); and Riverside Drive (1915).

Wiggins painted in an impressionistic style,[2] as may be seen especially in Berkshire Hills, June (Brooklyn Museum). He traveled New England painting streams, fields and woodlands capturing on canvas the various seasons of the year. He became one of the youngest members of the Old Lyme Art Colony of Old Lyme, Connecticut, and painted alongside his father, Carleton, Childe Hassam, and Frank Vincent DuMond. Wiggins began teaching art in Essex, Connecticut in 1937.[3] He did a portrait of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and gave it to the White House in 1959.[4][5]

Wiggins served as the president of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts.[1] He was a member of the National Academy of Design, the New Haven Paint and Clay Club, and the Lyme Art Association.[1] He won the Flagg Prize, the Cooper Prize and the Atheneum Prize from the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts; the Harris Medal from the Art Institute of Chicago; the Turnbull Prize and the Isidor Prize from the Salmagundi Club; and the J. Francis Murphy Memorial Prize from the Rhode Island School of Design.[1]

Personal life, death and legacy

Wiggins married first Dorothy Johnson[6] and later Dolores Gaxiola.[7][1] With Dorothy he had two sons, Carleton Wiggins and Guy Arthur Wiggins, and a daughter, Dorothy Gibson.[1] Wiggins resided in Old Lyme, Connecticut and wintered in St. Augustine, Florida.[8]

Wiggins died in 1962 while on vacation in St. Augustine, Florida, aged 80.[9] His body was returned home to Connecticut and he was buried in Lyme.[1] His work can be seen in several major museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago,[10] Brooklyn Museum,[11] and Smithsonian American Art Museum.[3]

Wiggins's son, Guy Arthur Wiggins (1920-2020),[12] was also a painter.[13]

In Popular Culture

The painting "Lower Fifth Ave. During The Day" was the subject of a restoration by Julian Baumgartner on the YouTube Channel Baumgartner Restoration.[14] The work was previously believed to be untitled, but during the restoration the true title was found painted on the verso after a layer of canvas from a previous restoration was removed.[15]

References

External links

• Official Site Virtual Catalogue Raisonné the Complete Works of Guy C. Wiggins.
• The New York Scene – Rehs Galleries' exhibition of works by Guy C. Wiggins.
• Wiggins oil painting "Winter at the Plaza" in Swann Galleries Auction catalogue
• Two 1920's Guy Wiggins exhibition catalogs from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries

На других языках

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- [en] Guy C. Wiggins

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[es] Guy C. Wiggins

Guy Carleton Wiggins (Nueva York, 23 de febrero de 1883 - San Agustín, 25 de abril de 1962) fue un pintor impresionista estadounidense. Hijo del también pintor Carleton Wiggins, quien tuvo una larga y aclamada carrera como paisajista, fue uno de los miembros más jóvenes de la Old Lyme Art Colony, se especializó a lo largo de su carrera en retratar escenas de la ciudad de Nueva York cubiertas por la nieve y otros paisajes de invierno. Además gustaba de retratar paisajes de Nueva Inglaterra en verano.

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[fr] Guy C. Wiggins

Guy C. Wiggins, né Guy Carleton Wiggins le 23 février 1883 à New York dans l'état de New York et décédé le 25 avril 1962 à Saint Augustine dans l'état de la Floride aux États-Unis, est un peintre impressionniste américain. Fils du peintre Carleton Wiggins, il fut l'un des plus jeunes membres de la colonie artistique d'Old Lyme, se spécialisant au cours de sa carrière dans la représentation de scènes de la ville de New York sous la neige en hiver et de paysages estivaux de la Nouvelle-Angleterre en été.

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[ru] Уиггинс, Гай

Гай Карлетон Виггинс (англ. Guy Carleton Wiggins; 1883—1962) — американский художник, уроженец Нью-Йорка, знаменитый своими полотнами с занесёнными снегом улицами Нью-Йорка, дорожными знаками и возвышающимися посреди городской суеты небоскрёбами.

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