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American painter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samuel Lancaster Gerry (1813–1891) was an artist in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts.[1] He painted portraits and also landscapes of the White Mountains and other locales in New England.[2][3] He was affiliated with the New England Art Union, and the Boston Artists' Association.[4] In 1857 he co-founded the Boston Art Club.[5]
Born in Boston, Gerry was self-taught as an artist. He showed works in many public settings, such as the 1841 exhibit of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association;[6] and an 1879 exhibit of contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[7] He attended the 1860 convention of the National Art Association in Washington, DC.[8] Students of Gerry included H. Frances Osborne,[9] Samuel Green Wheeler Benjamin, Fannie Elliot Gifford, Charles Wesley Sanderson,[10] and J. Frank Currier.[11] With the exception of three years abroad, his professional life was passed chiefly in Boston.[12]
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