Carleton Wiggins
Carleton Wiggins NA (1848–1932) was an American landscape and cattle painter. He was born in Turner, Orange County, New York,[1] and studied in New York at the National Academy of Design and with George Inness, and in Paris, and settled in New York. His landscapes were executed in broad flowing lines, with a rich low-toned color scheme, and often contain cattle, solidly and realistically portrayed.
Biography
[edit | edit source]He was born in 1848. Wiggins frequented the Old Lyme Art Colony along with his son, painter Guy Carleton Wiggins, and was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1906. A member of the Salmagundi Club New York from 1883 until his death in 1932, he served as its president from 1911 to 1913. [2]
Paintings
[edit | edit source]- "Young Holstein Bull" (Metropolitan Museum, New York)
- "Cattle in Pond" (Brooklyn Museum)
- "Sheep and Landscape" (Brooklyn Museum)
- "Lake and Mountains" (Art Institute, Chicago)
- "Moonrise on the Lake" (Art Institute, Chicago)
- "October" (Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington)
- "Evening after a Shower" (National Gallery, Washington)
- "The Plow Horse" (Lotos Club)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ WIGGINS, Carleton, in Who's Who in America (1901-1902 edition), via archive.org
- ^ Centennial roster of the Salmagundi Club since its inception in 1871 to 1972. (SCNY, New York, 1972, pp. 126, 131)
External links
[edit | edit source]- 'A Family of Painters is Having Its Moment', Ann Farmer, The New York Times, 6 June 2011
- Artwork by J. Carleton Wiggins
- Biographical Notes, a collection of biographical information and images of 50 American artists, containing information about the artist on page 52.
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