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Ad Code: 4
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from Auction House Records.
Figures by the Shore, Tunisia
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  The son of Nathaniel S. Turland of Northampton, England, George Turland
Goosey made a name for himself initially as an architect in America
using the surname Turland Goosey. He designed some of the
early skyscrapers, “the famous Friars Club, the theatrical centre of
America’s capital”, and no less than seven Roman Catholic
churches. He was also an accomplished etcher - his print Moonlight on a Venetian Canal winning first prize in the annual exhibition in New York in 1914.
In 1921, however, he decided to try his hand at painting and returned
to England, where he settled in the art colony at St Ives,
Cornwall. In addition to continuing his etching, he developed an
impressionistic style in oils, and his paintings of boats in St Ives
harbour have won many admirers. Confusingly for collectors,
however, by the late 1920s, he had reverted to using his original
surname of Turland. He rarely practised as an architect whilst in
St Ives - his highly regarded design for the cross on the War Memorial
being an exception - but his change of status did not bother him
at all:-
“He lives in a little studio perched on the rocks, where he paints and
draws in black and white, so close to the sea that in the winter-time
the foam dashes against the walls of his home...There he is, whiling
the hours away, just doing the things that he likes best - and
happy. He and Rolf Bennett, the author, sit at the window,
listening to the cries of the gulls and the music of the waves, smoking
Dustman’s Delight, a mixture of their own concoction.” (Vera Hemmens "A
Cornish Chelsea" - St Ives Times, August 1923)
Goosey played an active role in the theatricals at the St Ives Arts
Club and joined the St Ives Society of Artists in the late 1920s.
As the Second World War loomed, he returned to America, settling in
Laguna Beach, California and becoming a member of the Laguna Beach Art
Association.
Submitted November 2005 by David Tovey.
Abridged extract from David Tovey, Creating A Splash - The St Ives Society of Artists (1927-1952), Wilson Books, Tewkesbury, England 2003 - ISBN0953836347
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Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
| Painter. Born in Northhampton, England on June 11, 1877.
By the 1930s Turland had moved to California. After settling in Laguna Beach he became active with the local art association.
He died there of heart failure on May 23, 1947. An Impressionist, from his colorful palette came marines and coastal views. DR. | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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