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William Picknell

William Lamb Picknell (1853 - 1897) was active/lived in Massachusetts, California, Vermont / France.  William Picknell is known for Landscape theme paintings, plein- air.

An orphan, Picknell, born in Hinesburg, Vermont on 23 October 1853, was raised by an uncle in Boston, who urged him to develop his artistic talents. This led to a stay in Italy (1872-74), including some time in Rome where George Inness agreed to accept him as a student. From there he continued his studies in Paris under Jean-Léon Gérôme. During student breaks he was able to discover Brittany and he fell under the influence of Robert Wylie, a leading figure at Pont Aven. In 1876 Picknell's painting A Breton Farm was accepted at the Paris Salon; he would continue to exhibit there for the rest of his life. 


The Phoenix Art Museum has Picknell's picturesque Pont-Aven Harbor (1879). He exhibited for the first time at the National Academy of Design in 1879 when he submitted Land of Kerren, Finistère. His Road to Concarneau (Corcoran Gallery of Art), given an Honorable Mention at the Salon of 1880, is for William H. Gerdts the prime example of the   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 12910 characters.]  Artist bio

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