Walter Biggs (1886 - 1968) American
Oil on Canvas
Measure 31 1/4"in H x 23 1/4"in W and 38 1/2"in H x 28 1/2"in W with frame

Known for: Magazine illustration, still-life and southern genre painting
Biography: Born in Elliston, Virginia, Walter Biggs spent his childhood there and became an artist of much pride to his region. He has been described as representing "the South at its best, both as a gentleman and as an artist who painted the South with sensitive artistry and poetic nostalgia." He also became known for his magazine illustrations including for Harper's, Scribner's, Good Housekeeping, and The Ladies' Home Journal, and as a painter, his style and subject matter reflected the AshCan School of Social Realism. He studied at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and then went to New York City where he roomed with George Bellows while studying art at the Chase School (later named The New York School of Art). Among his teachers were Edward Penfield, Lucius Hitchcock, Kenneth Hayes Miller and Robert Henri, a special influence on Biggs. Fellow students included future well-known names in American art such as Guy Pene Dubois, Rockwell Kent and W.T. Benda. Biggs taught at the Grand Central School of Art and the Art Students League. In 1963, he was elected to the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame. Other memberships included the National Academy of Design, the American Watercolor Society, Allied Artists of America and the Philadelphia Water Color Club. In 1986, a retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the Roanoke College in Virginia.

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