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Sears Gallagher

Sears Gallagher (1869 - 1955) was active/lived in Massachusetts.  Sears Gallagher is known for Landscape and marine painting, watercolor, etching.

An American Master of Watercolor and Etching by Peter Hastings Falk, 1999.

Sears Gallagher was a Boston painter who is counted in the pantheon of the first generation of the "Boston School" that included Edmund C. Tarbell, William M. Paxton, Joseph R. DeCamp, Frank Benson, Philip L. Hale, and Herman Dudley Murphy. While these artists built their careers on a foundation of portraiture and still life painting, Gallagher pursued a different route. In contrast, he focused on watercolors and etchings to create landscapes and marine scenes. In this pursuit he was a pioneer of his time.

Watercolor painting would not be widely appreciated until the 1890's even though the American Water Color Society was founded in New York in 1866, and was led by such watercolor geniuses as Winslow Homer, Thomas Moran, William Trost Richards, Francis Hopkinson Smith, John LaFarge, Henry Farrer, and others. It was not until the 1920's that a groundswell of interest in watercolor painting g   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 28573 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Sears Gallagher

   Publications  Book References:  25
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Sears Gallagher
Magazine Article Date Author Color
The Magazine Antiques Sears Gallagher, Boston Watercolorist, 1865-1955 November 2007 Chambers, Bruce Yes
25 Book References for Sears Gallagher
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Chambers, Bruce (essay) Maine: A Legacy in Painting, 1830 to the Present (Spanierman Galleries Exhibition)
(Exhibition catalog)
108 Yes
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2002 Spanierman Gallery (Editor) The Spirit of America: American Art from 1829 to 1970
(Exhibition catalog)
120 Yes
2001 Peters, Lisa Two Hundred Years of American Watercolors, Pastels and Drawings
(Exhibition catalog)
111 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings Sears Gallagher, Catalogue Raisonne 0 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1995 Curtis, Jane and Will, Frank Lieberman, Carl Little (Foreward) Monhegan: The Artists' Island 192 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1990 Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons 430 Yes
1990 Lang, Gladys & Kurt Etched, in Memory The Building and Survival of Artistic Reputation 437 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)
612 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1988 Wilson, Raymond Index of American Print Exhibitions 1882-2940
(Exhibition catalog)
906 No
1986 Gammell, R H Ives The Boston Painters 1900-1930 204 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1975 Mason, Lauris/Joan Ludman Print Reference Sources Bibliography 18th-20th Centuries 246 No
1949 Reese, Albert American Prize Prints of the 20th Century 257 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1932 Hartmann, Sadekichi A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One 363 No
1920 Holman, Louis A Sears Gallagher's Etchings of Boston with Complete List of Etched Work 0 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Editor) Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art
(Exhibition catalog)
281 No
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