Creator Record
Metadata
Name |
Perkins, Granville |
Notes |
Granville Perkins was an American illustrator and painter, best known for landscape and marine subjects. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland on October 16, 1830 and began his artistic career at age 15 by painting backgrounds for the Ravel Family, a local theatre company. Perkins traveled, following the influence of Frederic Edwin Church, to exotic locations such as Cuba, Jamaica, and Central America. Later in life, Perkins relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and learned from the marine and landscape artist James Hamilton. He was then employed by Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper as an illustrator. Perkins became very successful and was exhibited at venues such as the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he also studied, the National Academy of Design, and the Brooklyn Arts Association. He died on April 18, 1885 in New York. |
Nationality |
American |
Occupation |
Painter and illustrator |
