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| Abbott Fuller Graves
American 1859 -1936 fl (1859-1936)
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| Born: |
Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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| Active: |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| Studied: |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paris 1884
Italy 1884
Academie Julien, Paris 1887-1891
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| Instructors: |
Jean Paul Laurens 1887-1891
Paul Jean Gervais 1887-1891
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| Examples of Work: |
Portland Museum of Art, Maine
National Arts Club Collection
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| Specialty: |
Painter
Instructor
Illustrator
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| Style/School: |
Impressionism
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| Subjects Known For: |
Gardens
Flowers
Still lifes
Figural
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| Memberships: |
National Academy of Design p. ANA 1926
Allied Artists of America
American Art Association of Paris
Artists' Fund Society
Boston Art Club
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts
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| Teaching Positions: |
Cowles Art School 1885
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| BIOGRAPHY: |
Abbott F. Graves, born in 1859, was a decorative painter known for his floral still lifes and garden scenes. He studied in Paris at the Academie Julian and with Laurens and Gervais. In 1900 Graves travled to Bermuda to paint. ...
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Abbott Fuller Graves was a renowned specialist in decorative open-air garden paintings and floral still lifes. His use of thick, impasto brushstrokes, bright colors and natural light, most evident in his later garden pai...
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