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James Franklin Gilman (1850–1929) was an itinerant painter known for his New England landscapes.[1] Much of his life was spent living in and painting towns in Vermont and Massachusetts.[2] His work particularly focuses on farms and New England life during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[3] His work has been sold at auction many times over the years.[4]^{[failed verification]}

Born in 1850, Gilman lived in Woburn, Massachusetts as a child.[3] He sold his first painting in his early 20s and became a self-taught, traveling painter, mostly using his skills to trade for room and board.[5] He continued painting and drawing into his later years, up until his death in 1929.

In addition to his work as painter of landscapes and rural life, he had a role as an illustrator of a religious book. In 1892 he met Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of The First Church of Christ, Scientist. The following year she invited him to illustrate her poem "Christ and Christmas".[6]

Further reading

• Adele Godchaux Dawson. (1975) James Franklin Gilman, nineteenth century painter. Canaan, N.H.: Phoenix Pub.

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