William Woodruff Gibbs (1821 – 1902)
One of twelve children of David and Ruth Woodruff Gibbs, William Woodruff Gibbs was born in Livonia, Livingston County, New York. He began working as a gunsmith at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Gibbs practiced this trade for eight years before beginning the study of art under a local teacher in 1845. He thereafter devoted all his time to painting.
In 1848 Gibbs moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he continued to (showing 500 of 1885 characters). |
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