Gifford Beal (AMERICAN, 1879-1956)

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Gifford Beal American, 1879-1956 Topsfield Fair Watercolor and gouache Unsigned with identifying sticker to verso for W. W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, with the artist's name, medium and title of the work. Impressionist fair scene, matted and framed. Gifford Beal was born in New York City in 1879, the son of landscape painter, William Reynolds Beal. At a young age, Beal became a pupil of William Merritt Chase. He attended Princeton University from 1896 to 1900, all the while continuing his lessons with Chase. Highly influenced by Chase and Childe Hassam, who was a longtime family friend, Beal's early work was largely influenced by these painters' impressionist views of New York City and the Connecticut and Long Island coastlines. Beal was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Institute of Arts and Letters, the Architectural League of America, and the National Society of Mural Painters. Beal's paintings have been exhibited at the National Academy of Design, Worcester Art Museum, Art Institute Chicago, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, St. Louis Exposition (medal) 1904; Armory Show, 1913; Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC; Panama Pacific Exposition, (medal) 1915; Society of Independent Artists, 1917; Kraushaar Galleries; International Exposition, Paris; Carnegie Institute; Retrospective Exhibition, Century Club, NY; San Francisco Museum; San Joaquin Museum; Des Moines Art Center; Butler Institute; Scripps College; American Academy of Arts and Letters; Phillips Collection; Montclair Art Museum and others. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Institute of Arts and Letters, the Architectural League of America, and the National Society of Mural Painters. His work can be found in numerous museums and public collections across the country.