Paintings
George Wharton Edwards
American, 1869-1950Roma
Oil on canvas30 by 30 in. w/ frame 36 by 36 in.
Signed lower left
Provenance:
Grand Central Art Galleries, NY
Private Collection, New York City
Le Trianon Fine Art & Antiques, Sheffield, MA.
See Artist Bio below.
George Wharton Edwards
American, 1869-1950George Edwards studied under Eugene Feyen and Cancale in Paris. He was a member of the National Academy of Design; American Watercolor Society; National Art Club and National Institute of Art.
He exhibited at National Academy of Design, 1882-96; Brooklyn Art Association, 1882. Paris Salon, 1883; Boston Art Club, 1883-98; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1892-1902; Art Institute of Chicago Pan-am Exposition, 1901 (medal prize); Barcelona, Spain, 1902; Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1907.
Other Awards: Golden Palms of French Academy, 1921; Knight Chevalier, Legion d’Honneur, France, 1925; Knight Chevalier, Order de la Couronne Belge, 1927; Royal Order of Knight Chevalier ( Isabella) from Alfonso XIII, Spain, 1928; Knight Chevalier, Order of the Crown of Italy, 1929.
Museums and Exhibitions:Hispanic Society, NYC, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield (MO) Art Museum; Fogg Museum of Art.