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Birth
1885 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Death
1973 (Croton-on-Hudson, New York)
Lived/Active
Pennsylvania/California
Self portrait - Artist self-portrait
Copyright by Owner
Often Known For
genre, portrait and figure painting, murals
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| George Biddle’s autobiography of 1939, An American Artist’s Story, is the main source for any study of the artist. Most of Biddle’s tale involves Depression-era, American Scene mural painting, for which Biddle was personally responsible, by suggesting a government-sponsored program to his old friend and classmate Franklin D. Roosevelt. Born on January 24, 1885 in Philadelphia, Biddle received his B.A. from Harvard where he then completed his doctorate in law. He received (showing 500 of 24007 characters). |
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