George Gardner Symons (1861-1930) was an American

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painter.

Biography

He was born in either 1861 or 1863 in

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. Attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Symons also studied in Europe and won awards at the

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and the

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. A plein-air painter, he built the first studio in the

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during the early 1900s. He died in

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in 1930.

References

External links

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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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Symons, George Gardner 1861 births 1930 deaths Artists from Chicago People from Laguna Beach, California Painters from California American Impressionist painters 19th-century American painters American male painters 20th-century American painters Painters from Illinois 19th-century American male artists 20th-century American male artists