George Gardner Symons
George Symons • Illustration — Symons c. 1920 • Illustration — A Fishing Village - St Ives George Gardner Symons (1861-1930) was an American impressionist painter.
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George Gardner Symons
- Full name
- George Gardner Simon.
- Died
- 1930. · Hillside.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- painter.
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George Symons • Illustration — Symons c. 1920 • Illustration — A Fishing Village - St Ives George Gardner Symons (1861-1930) was an American impressionist painter.
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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. A plein-air painter, he built the first studio in the art colony of Laguna Beach, California during the early 1900s. He died in Hillside, New Jersey, adjacent to Elizabeth in 1930.
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1861
George Gardner Symons was born on 1 January 1861.
1930
George Gardner Symons died on 18 January 1930.
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- 1.Demetrion, James T. Selected Paintings, Sculptures and Works on Paper. Des Moines Art Center. 206. 1985. 0-9614615-0-0.
- 2.William Swift Daniell. The Los Angeles Times. 26. July 2, 1933.
- 3.Chang, Richard. Laguna Art Museum explores its past with 'Art Colony' exhibit. The Los Angeles Times. August 16, 2018.
- 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.
- 5.Gardner Symons, Famed American Artist, Dies at Hillside. N.J. Los Angeles Times. January 15, 1930.
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