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Birth
1842 (Bucksport, Maine)
Death
1909 (Medfield, Massachusetts)
Lived/Active
Maine/Massachusetts
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marine-ship portrait and genre paitning
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William Pierce Stubbs was born in Orrington, Maine, in 1842. He was the son of a shipmaster, and he was probably master of his father's ship from 1863-73. By 1871 he painted what is likely his first ship portrait, and by 1876 he was listed as a marine painter in the Boston city directory. While there, Stubbs shared a studio with Wesley Webber. Later, he had studios in Boston, and Charlestown where it is likely that Badger was his student.
After the death of his wife and daughter, Stubbs (showing 500 of 2206 characters). |
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