Harry Grant Williamson (1866-1937) [RA 1905-1937]
American Golden Age illustrator and genre landscape painter ;
H. C. Williamson ; Harry G. Williamson ; H.C. Williamson ; H. Grant Williamson ; Harry Williamson ;
[Born in March 31, 1866 in Indianapolis, IN – died November 9, 1937, in Edgewater, NJ]
SAL record control number: 70159 ;
Record level: Person ;
Record type: Artist ;
Biography:
Birth: March 31, 1866 in Indianapolis, IN ;
Death: November 9, 1937, in Edgewater, NJ ;
Sex: Male ;
Ethnicity: White ;
Zodiac: Aries ;
Known for: Romantic genre landscapes ; Dutch landscapes ; Windmill landscapes ;
Medium: Oil ;
Technique: Painting ;
Subjects: Netherlands ; Hague ; windmills ; Dutch ;
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Spouse: Sara Williamson (?-?), wife
Children: Marshall Williamson (?-?), son ;
Training: Art Students’ League of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (in his teens) ; Royal Academy in Munich, Munich, Germany (1887-1888) ; Paris, France ; Hague, Netherlands ; Indiana School of Art, Indianapolis, IN under Theodore Clement Steele (1847-1926) and William J Forsyth (1854-1935) (1891-1894) ;
Instructors: Theodore Clement Steele (1847-1926) ; William J Forsyth (1854-1935) (1891-1894) ; Charles L McDonald (?-?) ;
Work: Worked as magazine illustrator for Harper’s, Pearson’s, The Saturday Evening Post, and Success ; Indianapolis News, cartoonist ;
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Member: Salmagundi, New York, NY, resident artist member, 1905-1937 ; Society of Illustrators, New York, NY ;
Exhibited with: Salmagundi, New York, NY ;
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Digital-born document number:
SAL.2019.70159
Digital document provenance:
Original compiled and researched document by the Salmagundi.
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Record birth date:
December 12, 2019
Last updated: July 27, 2023 at 14:41 pm