biografía de Guy Carleton WIGGINS (1883-1962)

Lugar de nacimiento: Brooklyn, NY

Lugar de defunción: on vacation in St. Augustine, FL

Direcciones: NYC , until 1920s/Lyme, CT, 1905-37/Essex, CT, 1937-62

Profesión: Painter, teacher

Estudios: with his father Carleton; Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst. (arch.); NAD, W.M. Chase & later R. Henri

Exposiciones: Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1908-23 (5 times); PAFA Ann., 1912-34 (9 times); SC, 1916 (prize); 1919 (prize); AIC, 1917 (Norman Wait Harris Bronze Medal); CAFA, prizes in 1916, 1918, 1926, 1931, 1933; RISD, 1922 (prize); New Rochelle Soc., 1929 (prize); New Haven PCC, 1930 (prize); Lotos Club, 1938 (prize); Lyme Acad. FA, 1996 (trio with Carleton and Guy A.); Joan Whalen FA, 1998 (trio with Carleton and Guy A.)

Asociaciones: ANA, 1916; NA, 1935; SC, 1907; CAFA (pres., 1927-30s); Lotos Club; NAD; Lyme AA; Kit Kat Club; New Haven PCC; NAC

Obra: MMA; NGA; Brooklyn Inst. Mus.; Hackley Art Gal., Muskegon, MI; AIC; Dallas AA; Lincoln (NE) AA; Newark (NJ) Mus.; Lotos Club; NAC; Wadsworth Athenaeum; Beach Mem. Gal., Storrs, CT; Detroit Athletic Club; Denton College, TX; Cincinnati (OH) Club; New Britain (CT) Inst.; Heckscher Park Art Mus., Huntington, NY; Syracuse MFA; Reading Mus.; City College, Richmond, IN; Amherst College; Univ. Nebraska Art Gal.

Comentarios: An important Impressionist member of the Old Lyme art colony, he was best known for his landscapes of Connecticut and NYC snow scenes. He was the son of Carleton (see entry) and father of Guy A. (see entry). Position: director, Guy Wiggins Art Sch., Essex, CT. Signature note: His middle initial, C, appears in his early signature; thereafter he consistently signed as "Guy Wiggins" in a mix of upper/lower case letters.

Fuentes: WW47; Connecticut and American Impressionism 178-79 (w/repro.); Falk, Exh. Record Series.