Carleton Wiggins
NA (1848–1932) was an American landscape and cattle painter. He was born in
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and studied in
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and with
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, 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
He was born in 1848. Wiggins frequented the
Old Lyme Art Colony along with his son, painter
Guy Carleton Wiggins
Guy Carleton Wiggins NA (February 23, 1883 – April 25, 1962) was an American impressionist painter. He was the president of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, and a member of the Old Lyme Art Colony. He did many paintings of New York City's ...
, and was elected to the
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in 1906. He died in 1932.
Paintings
* "Young Holstein Bull" (
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, New York)
* "Cattle in Pond" (
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)
* "Sheep and Landscape" (Brooklyn Museum)
* "Lake and Mountains" (
Art Institute, Chicago)
* "Moonrise on the Lake" (Art Institute, Chicago)
* "October" (
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, Washington)
* "Evening after a Shower" (National Gallery, Washington)
* "The Plow Horse" (
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References
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'A Family of Painters is Having Its Moment' Ann Farmer,
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''Biographical Notes'' a collection of biographical information and images of 50 American artists, containing information about the artist on page 52.
Painters from New York City
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20th-century American painters
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1848 births
1932 deaths
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