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Guy Arthur Wiggins

Guy Arthur Wiggins (1920 - 2020) was active/lived in New York, Connecticut.  Guy Wiggins is known for Landscape, still life and street scene painting.

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A Family of Painters Is Having Its Moment
By ANN FARMER
Published: June 6, 2011

Wearing paint-specked khakis over his lean, stooped frame, Guy Arthur Wiggins, 90, a painter who approximates Fred Astaire in voice and visage, made his way up 40 steps to the top floor of his West Fourth Street brownstone, where he keeps his studio.

"That one took me eight two-hour trips to the park," said Mr. Wiggins, pointing to a vibrant painting of Central Park. Nearby sat an unfinished canvas of St. Patrick's Cathedral and one of Wall Street.

In a city whose art scene tilts toward the abstract, Mr. Wiggins is a 21st-century link to the 19th, which in a way is fitting: he is the third generation of Wiggins men to make his name with a brush.

They may not be as well known as the Wyeths, who populated Pennsylvania, or the earlier Peale artistic dynasty that originated in Maryland, but the Wiggin   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9328 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Guy Arthur Wiggins


   Keywords 
Art MethodArt MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • Still Life
  • Street Scenes, Street Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Old Lyme, Connecticut
Art Association
  • Lyme Art Association, Connecticut
  • National Academy of Design, Elected Member
  • National Arts Club, New York
  • New Haven Paint & Clay Club
  • Salmagundi Club, New York City
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
  • Corcoran School of Art and Design, Student
  • National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Chronology
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Artist Has Artist Family Members
  • Landscape Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
  • Lotos Club
  • Lyme Art Association-Connecticut
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • Paint and Clay Club-
  • Salmagundi Club, New York City-
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago

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