George Gardner Symons

For other people named George Symons, see George Symons (disambiguation).

Symons c. 1920

A Fishing Village - St Ives

George Gardner Symons (1861-1930) was an American impressionist painter.

Career

Symons was born in either 1861 or 1863 in Chicago. Attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he also studied in Europe and won awards from the National Academy of Design in Manhattan, New York and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. ^[1] A plein-air painter, he built the first studio in the art colony of Laguna Beach, California during the early 1900s. ^{[2] [3]} He died in Hillside, New Jersey, adjacent to Elizabeth in 1930. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Demetrion, James T. (1985). Selected Paintings, Sculptures and Works on Paper . Des Moines Art Center. pp.  206. ISBN   0-9614615-0-0.
2. "William Swift Daniell". The Los Angeles Times. July 2, 1933. p. 26. Retrieved July 10, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
3. Chang, Richard (August 16, 2018). "Laguna Art Museum explores its past with 'Art Colony' exhibit". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
4. "Noted Artist of New York Succumbs to Pneumonia at Age of 64. Winner Of Famous Prizes. Specialized in Winter Landscapes. Principal Works Now In Leading Art Galleries". New York Times . January 14, 1930. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
5. "Gardner Symons, Famed American Artist, Dies at Hillside. N.J." Los Angeles Times . January 15, 1930. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2009-08-10.

External links

Media related to George Gardner Symons at Wikimedia Commons

• Works by or about George Gardner Symons at the Internet Archive
• Symons at The Athenaeum
• Biographical Notes, a collection of biographical information and images of 50 American artists, containing information about the artist on page 46
• Two exhibition catalogs, available from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries