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Peter Alfred Gross (c. 1849–1914) was an American landscape painter known primarily for his French seascapes and countrysides. Gross was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. Most of his career (1874–1914) was spent living and painting in France, where he also studied with

Edmond Marie Petitjean Edmond Marie Petitjean (5 July 1844, Neufchâteau, Vosges, Neufchâteau – 7 August 1925, Paris) was a self-taught French painter; known for landscapes and seascapes. Biography His father was a lawyer and wanted him to follow suit; forcing hi ...

. He exhibited at the Paris

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and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Notable students of Gross included

Arlington Nelson Lindenmuth __NOTOC__ Arlington Nelson Lindenmuth (also A.N. Lindenmuth) (1856 —1950) was an American landscape and portrait painter who lived and painted in Allentown, Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. He was a member of th ...

, who was the husband of his cousin.Hutson-Saxon, p. 208.

Major exhibitions

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* Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts * World's Columbian Exposition

Major collections

* Allentown Art Museum,

Allentown, Pennsylvania Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Allenschteddel'', ''Allenschtadt'', or ''Ellsdaun'') is a city in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The city has a population of 125,845 as of the 2020 United ...

, U.S.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gross, Peter Alfred 1840s births 1914 deaths 20th-century American male artists 20th-century American painters American Impressionist painters American landscape painters American male painters Artists from Allentown, Pennsylvania