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Abbott Fuller Graves

Abbott Fuller Graves (1859 - 1936) was active/lived in Massachusetts, Maine.  Abbott Graves is known for Floral gardens, doorways and decorative painting.

Born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, Abbott Fuller Graves was an influential Boston painter known for his floral garden scenes and still lifes. Although much of his work, in keeping with the Boston School style, depicted subject matter in a realistic way, his thick, impasto brush strokes and bright, colorful sun-lit paintings showed his acceptance of Impressionism.

In 1884, he went to Paris and Italy, and concentrated on still life painting, often working with his good friend Edmund Tarbell, also a Boston artist. Graves and Tarbell roomed together in Europe, where they both studied still-life painting.

Returning to Boston in 1885, he became a member of the faculty of the Cowles Art School where fellow-faculty member Childe Hassam, an impressionist, became an influence on his work. In 1887, Graves returned to Paris where he enrolled at the Academie Julian to study figure painting with Jean Paul Laurens.

From 1891, most of his paintings were of floral garden scenes, of   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2626 characters.]  Artist bio

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