biografía de Carleton WIGGINS (1848-1932)

Lugar de nacimiento: Turner's Orange County, NY

Direcciones: Brooklyn, NY, 1866-76, 1879, 1883-86; NYC, 1877, 1880-82; Old Lyme, CT (1915-on)

Profesión: Landscape painter

Estudios: NAD with Geo. Inness, 1870; Carmeincke in Brooklyn; Paris, 1880-81

Exposiciones: NAD, 1866-1900; Brooklyn AA, 1865-92; PAFA Ann., 1880; Paris Salon, 1881; Boston AC, 1882-1909; PAFA Ann., 1888-1907 (6 times); AIC; Prize Fund Exhib. NYC, 1894 (gold); Pan-Am. Expo, Buffalo (medal), 1901; Royal Acad., London; Corcoran Gal biennial, 1910; New Britain Mus. Am. Art, 1979 (trio with Guy C. and Guy A.); Lyme Acad. FA, 1996 (trio with Guy C. and Guy A.); Joan Whalen FA, 1998 (trio with Guy C. and Guy A.)

Asociaciones: ANA, 1890; NA, 1906; SAA, 1887; AWCS; SC, 1898 (pres., 1911-12); Lotos Club; Brooklyn AC; Artists Fund. Soc.; Artists Aid Soc.; Am. Soc. Animal P&S; CAFA; Lyme AA; AFA

Obra: NGA, MMA; AIC; CGA; Lotos Cllub, NYC; Hamilton College, Brooklyn; Brooklyn Inst. Mus.; Newark Mus.

Comentarios: One of the early artists of the colony at Old Lyme, CT, he was best known for his bucolic landscapes, especially those featuring cows. His more famous son was Guy Wiggins (see entry). He also painted in East Hampton, Long Island, in the 1890s.

Fuentes: WW31; East Hampton: The 19th Century Artists' Paradise; Fink, American Art at the Nineteenth-Century Paris Salons, 406; Falk, Exh. Record Series.