George Beardsley

Born 1867; died Colorado Springs, CO, 1938. Painter, spec. landscape. Watercolorist. Family may have moved from Orlando, NY to Spearville in 1878. Lived in Topeka at 630 Kansas in 1899-1900, at 812 Kansas Avenue in 1904, and at 630 Kansas Avenue in 1908. Painting Colorado scenes as early as 1894 and known to be living in the Colorado Springs, CO area by 1932. Topeka City Directory (1868-69; 1870; 1871; 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875; 1876-77; 1878-79; 1880-81; 1882; 1883-84; 1885-1886; 1887-1888; 1888-89; 1890-1891; 1893-94; 1896-97; 1899-1900; 1900-01; 1902; 1905; 1907; 1909; 1910; 1912; 1916; 1921; 1924; 1926; 1927-28; 1929-30; 1931; 1933; 1935; 1937; 1938; 1940; 1942). 1899-1900, 1907, 1909;

SOURCES:
Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)"
Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. (v.1= 1878-9 v.5= 1886 v.9= 1900) (v.2= 1880 v.6= 1888-89 v.10= 1904) (v.3= 1882-83 v.7= 1891 v.11= 1908) (v.4= 1884-85 v.8= 1894 v.12= 1912) 1904, 1908 ; AskArt, www.askart.com, accessed Dec. 29, 2005; Conte, William R. and Donn W.. Laughlin. George O. Beardsley, An Early Colorado Artist. (Colorado Springs, CO, 1992); Dawdy 3: Dawdy, Doris Ostrander. Artists of the American West: A Biographical Dictionary. Volume 3. Chicago: Swallow Press, 1985.

This and over 1,750 other biographies can be found in Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945) compiled by Susan V. Craig, Art & Architecture Librarian at University of Kansas.