Gilbert Gaul was born in New Jersey and studied in New York at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League. He maintained a long association with the academy, exhibiting in annual shows from 1877-1902 and ultimately becoming the youngest member to attain academician status at the age twenty-seven. His skill in creating military, ... MORE

A prolific painter of landscapes, Edward Gay immigrated to America with his parents in the wake of the Irish Potato Famine in 1848. Arriving in Albany, New York, the family's situation required him to go to work as a young boy. When he displayed a talent for drawing, he began study with select local painters, including George Boughton and the ... MORE

Born on Naushon Island, Massachusetts, Robert Gifford first studied painting in New Bedford with the watercolorist Benjamin Russell and the Dutch marine painter Albert Van Beest. In 1864, he moved to Boston, opened his own studio, and first exhibited at the National Academy of Design, New York. He relocated to New York in 1866 where he ... MORE

Born in Selma, Alabama, Crawford Gillis' early, local education eventually led him to New York and the National Academy of Design, studying under Leon Kroll and Charles C. Curran. After a period of independent study, he subsequently began classes at another art school, where he met Jean Charlot and Alma Reed, who introduced him to Mexican mural ... MORE

One of the pioneering American women artists of the early twentieth century, Anne Goldthwaite was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama. Her parents died when she was a young woman and, in 1898, she left Alabama to pursue a professional career as an artist in New York City. Goldthwaite studied at the National Academy of Design for six years ... MORE

Emile Gruppe was the son of landscape artist Charles P. Gruppe, who lived and painted in Europe for twenty-five years before settling in the United States. Born in Rochester, New York, Emile had a very strong art background. In addition to being raised by an artistic father, he was also educated in the Hague in the Netherlands, and at the ... MORE

Painter, printmaker, and graphic artist Lena Gurr was born in Brooklyn and prepared for a career in education at the Maxwell Training School for Teachers. Her passion for art, however, inspired her to seek advanced training to develop her own skills, studying first at the Educational Alliance Art School and then at the Art Students League under ... MORE