Guy Carleton Wiggins. Guy Carleton Wiggins NA was an American impressionist painter.
He was the president of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, and a member of the Old Lyme Art Colony. He did many paintings of New York City's snowy streets, landmarks and towering skyscrapers during winter.
Wiggins was born on February 23, 1883, in Brooklyn. His father Carleton Wiggins was an accomplished artist who gave his son his first training as a painter.
He attended the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, the Art Students League of New York, and the National Academy of Design. His teachers at the academy were William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri.
Wiggins often painted scenes of New York City, as evident in The Metropolitan Tower; Washington Square in Winter; Columbia Circle, Winter; and Riverside Drive. Wiggins painted in an impressionistic style, as may be seen especially in Berkshire Hills, June. He traveled New England painting streams, fields and woodlands capturing on canvas the various seasons of the year. He became one of the youngest members of the Old Lyme Art Colony of Old Lyme, Connecticut, and painted alongside his father, Carleton, Childe Hassam, and Frank Vincent DuMond. Wiggins began teaching art in Essex, Connecticut, in 1937. He did a portrait of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and gave it to the White House in 1959. Wiggins served as the president of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts. He w
He was the president of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, and a member of the Old Lyme Art Colony. He did many paintings of New York City's snowy streets, landmarks and towering skyscrapers during winter.
Wiggins was born on February 23, 1883, in Brooklyn. His father Carleton Wiggins was an accomplished artist who gave his son his first training as a painter.
He attended the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, the Art Students League of New York, and the National Academy of Design. His teachers at the academy were William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri.
Wiggins often painted scenes of New York City, as evident in The Metropolitan Tower; Washington Square in Winter; Columbia Circle, Winter; and Riverside Drive. Wiggins painted in an impressionistic style, as may be seen especially in Berkshire Hills, June. He traveled New England painting streams, fields and woodlands capturing on canvas the various seasons of the year. He became one of the youngest members of the Old Lyme Art Colony of Old Lyme, Connecticut, and painted alongside his father, Carleton, Childe Hassam, and Frank Vincent DuMond. Wiggins began teaching art in Essex, Connecticut, in 1937. He did a portrait of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and gave it to the White House in 1959. Wiggins served as the president of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts. He w
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