Guy C. Wiggins
Guy Carleton Wiggins NA (February 23, 1883 – April 1962) was an American artist who became famous for his paintings of New York City's snowy streets, landmarks and towering skyscrapers during winter. In 1883 the young Wiggins was born into an artistic family; his father Carleton Wiggins was an accomplished artist who gave his son his first training as a painter. Later he enrolled in architectural school, but changed direction by entering the National Academy of Design to study painting. His teachers at the academy were William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri.
He was born in Brooklyn and made his residence in New York City, a city which often provided subjects for his paintings, as 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).
Throughout Wiggins' career, he painted in an impressionistic style, 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 taught art in New York and Connecticut and enjoyed a long and successful career as a painter.
He died in St. Augustine, Florida in 1962.
Professional memberships
- Salmagundi Club
- National Arts Club
- Elected to National Academy of Design, 1935
Awards
- Bronze Medal, Harris Prize, Art Institute of Chicago 1917
- Prize, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts
- Award, Salmagundi Club
- Award, Art Club of Philadelphia
Public collections
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Chicago Art Institute
- the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and
- the Brooklyn Museum.
References
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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
- 'A Family of Painters is Having Its Moment', Ann Farmer, The New York Times, 6 June 2011
- Two 1920's Guy Wiggins exhibition catalogs from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries
