Gifford Beal. Gifford Beal was an American artist noted for his work as a painter, watercolorist, printmaker and muralist.
Born in New York City, Gifford Beal was the youngest son in a family of six surviving children. His oldest brother Reynolds Beal also went on to become an accomplished painter as did his niece Marjorie Acker, who married Duncan Phillips, the founder of The Phillips Collection of Washington D.C.
Beal knew from an early age that he wanted to paint. Between 1892 and 1901 he studied with William Merritt Chase on weekends in New York City and during the summer at Chase's Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art on Long Island.
After graduating from Princeton University in 1900 he studied at the Art Students League of New York from 1901 to 1903 with George Brandt Bridgman and Frank Vincent DuMond. In 1903 Beal won his first award in a competitive exhibition, held at Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts.
Many prizes followed including those awarded by: National Academy of Design, New York. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Panama Pacific Exposition, San Francisco. Art Institute of Chicago, International Watercolor Exhibition. Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne, Paris. National Academy of Design, New York. National Academy of Design, New York. National Academy of Design, New York. Beal was elected President of the Art Students League of New Y
Born in New York City, Gifford Beal was the youngest son in a family of six surviving children. His oldest brother Reynolds Beal also went on to become an accomplished painter as did his niece Marjorie Acker, who married Duncan Phillips, the founder of The Phillips Collection of Washington D.C.
Beal knew from an early age that he wanted to paint. Between 1892 and 1901 he studied with William Merritt Chase on weekends in New York City and during the summer at Chase's Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art on Long Island.
After graduating from Princeton University in 1900 he studied at the Art Students League of New York from 1901 to 1903 with George Brandt Bridgman and Frank Vincent DuMond. In 1903 Beal won his first award in a competitive exhibition, held at Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts.
Many prizes followed including those awarded by: National Academy of Design, New York. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Panama Pacific Exposition, San Francisco. Art Institute of Chicago, International Watercolor Exhibition. Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne, Paris. National Academy of Design, New York. National Academy of Design, New York. National Academy of Design, New York. Beal was elected President of the Art Students League of New Y
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