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Birth
1861 (Portland, Maine)
Death
1935 (Portland, Maine)
Lived/Active
Connecticut / France
Often Known For
landscape-coastal-town, portrait painting
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Categories of Interest
Impressionists Pre 1940
Old Lyme Colony Painters
San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
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Born in Portland, Maine on 14 January 1861, the son of Lydia Libby and Edward Souther Griffin, a successful woodcarver, Walter began studying art under his father. First, he learned the techniques of sculpture, carving pictorial bas-reliefs, decorative works and small figures. Even as a youth, Walter attempted to capture the likenesses of local mariners who visited his father’s studio and he was allowed to accompany his father on sketching trips with the group.&n (showing 500 of 9693 characters). |
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