George Munn
(1851 - 1907)
George Frederick Munn was active/lived in New York / United Kingdom. George Munn is known for landscape, florals, still life, marine.
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Biography George Munn
Known as a painter of landscapes and flowers, George Munn worked almost exclusively in Brittany and Normandy. Born August 21, 1851, in Utica, New York, he too his first art education with Charles Caverly, the sculptor. Later he studied at the schools of the National Academy in New York. Leaving the United States for England, he entered the art school at South Kensington where he was awarded a gold medal in sculpture. In 1873 he entered the Royal Academy School where he soon took a silver medal in modeling.
About this time Munn discovered painting and fell upon this new venture with great enthusiasm. Feeling that he could gain more elsewhere, he left Britain and took up his studies at the Julian Academy and Muncaczy's studio's in Pa
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