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Edmund Greacen

Edmund William Greacen (1873/76 - 1949/51) was active/lived in New York, Connecticut.  Edmund Greacen is known for Town-shore landscape, figure and portrait painting.

The artist's father, Thomas Edmund Greacen, arrived in New York from Scotland in 1868 and became active in the shoe business.  Soon he married Isabella Wiggins, "the daughter of a wealthy New York family; applied her capital and his own shrewd judgment to the wholesale shoe trade, and prospered."  The family holdings expanded: "There was a brownstone at 6 West 50th Street. . . [and] a farm in Sullivan County where the four children spent their summers" (Knudsen, 1972, p. 5).  One of these children, the second of three sons, Edmund W. Greacen, the future painter, was born on 18 September 1876, the year of the great Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.  Growing up in a relatively affluent household, Edmund first attended the Halsey School and then continued his education at New York University, where his curriculum included art.  However, it seems that other activities such as banjo playing, track competition, and the Zeta Psi fraternity took precedence over art s   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 19332 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

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