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William Bixbee

William Johnson Bixbee (1850 - 1921) was active/lived in Massachusetts, New Hampshire.  William Bixbee is known for Marine and landscape painting, illustration, teaching.

William Johnson Bixbee (1850-1921) painter, illustrator, teacher, was born in 1850 in Manchester, New Hampshire, although he lived most of his life in Boston and Marblehead, Massachusetts.  He studied at the Lowell Institute, with Tommaso Juglaris, S. P. Rolt Triscott, and Marcus Waterman.

Bixbee is known to have painted in oil, watercolor, and pastel, but he was more comfortable and proficient with watercolors.  Starting about 1890 he devoted himself primarily to watercolors and some pastels.

He became a member of the Boston Art Club in 1888.  He exhibited at the Boston Art Club 1888-1909; the National Academy of Design in 1890; the Art Institute of Chicago 1897-1905;  the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 1908-1911;  the Society of Independent Artists 1902, 1906, 1917; and the Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco in 1915.

He is known as the designer of the seal for the City of Lynn, Massachusetts.

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12 Book References for William Bixbee
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 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2000 Jarzombek, Nancy Allyn Boston Art Club: 1855-1950 88 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)
612 No
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
1984 Marlor, Clark S The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)
600 No
1973 Naylor, Maria Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
(Exhibition catalog)
1075 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
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