biografía de Aiden Lassell RIPLEY (1896-1969)

Lugar de nacimiento: Wakefield, MA

Lugar de defunción: Lincoln, MA

Direcciones: Lexington, Boston, MA

Profesión: Painter, etcher

Estudios: Fenway Sch. Illus., 1917; BMFA Sch. with Philip Hale and F. Benson, 1919-24 (awarded Paige Traveling Fellowship, 1924-25)

Exposiciones: AIC, 1926 (Logan prize for watercolor),1927-32, 1934-45 (1928, 1936, prize & medal); Gld. Boston Artists, 1926 (solo: foreign scene paintings), 1930 (solo, sporting paintings), 1942, 1972 (commemorative), 1974 (Boston paintings), 1975 (Foreign scene paintings), 1978; PAFA Ann., 1928, 1930; PAFA, 1936-37, 1939, 1945; Boston WCS, 1929 (prize),1954 (prize), 1955 (prize), 1960 (prize); Boston AC, 1929 (prize); Boston Tercentenary Exh. 1930 (medal); AWCS, 1939-58 (prizes, medal, 1945, 1947, 1952, 1954); NYWCC, 1933 (Obrig prize); TMA, 1938; BMFA, 1938; AGAA, 1939; WFNY, 1939; WMA, 1940; Baltimore WCC, 1940-42; MMA (AV), 1942; NJ State Mus., Trenton; Currier Gal. Art; Boston SWCP; Grand Central Gal., 1949 (solo); Am. Artist Magazine, 1952 (prize); NAD, 1953 (prize), 1964 (Mason prize); AAPL, 1954 (gold medal), 1955 (prize), 1959; Boston Art Festival, 1955 (prize); All. Artists Am., 1957 (prize); Concord AA, 1955 (prize & medal); Jordan Marsh, 1955 (award & medal), 1958, 1961; Worcester AM, 1965 (Paul Revere historical paintings); DeCordova Mus., 1977 (retrospective); Coe Kerr Gal., NYC, 1982 (retrospective)

Asociaciones: ANA; AAPL; Audubon Artists; All. Artists Am.; NSMP; Gld. Boston Artists, 1926-69 (pres., 1959-60); AWCS; Boston WCS Painters; NSAA, 1958-62.

Obra: AIC; BPL; BMFA; Davenport Mun. Art Gal.; Atlanta AA; Beaverbrook Art Gal., Fredericton, NB, Canada; murals, Winchester (MA) Pub. Lib.; USPO, Lexington, MA.

Comentarios: Best known for his watercolors of New England and sporting scenes. Auth.: chapt., Water Color Methods (1955). Teaching: Harvard Sch. Arch., 1929.

Fuentes: WW66; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series; add'l info. courtesy North Shore AA.