 
Gallagher, Sears (American)
1869-1955
Description: New England Church, etching, pencil signed
l/l, 6.75" x 4.25"
plate, 14.75"
x 11.25" framed.
Condition: Excellent. Images represent different lighting conditions.
Biography: Sears Gallagher was born in Boston, April
30, 1869. His descent included
a long line
of Pilgrim ancestors - Governor
William Bradford
among them.
During the 1880s, he studied
art under Samuel
P.R. Triscott and Thomas Juglaris
in Boston,
while sharing a studio with fellow
artist,
Charles H. Woodbury. He created
his first
etching, a scene of City Point
in Boston,
in 1888. Shortly after, Gallagher
traveled
to Paris where he studied at
the Acadé mie
Julian under Jean Paul Laurens
and Benjamin
Constant.
Gallagher began etching in earnest
in 1911,
creating a series of Boston scenes.
Soon,
his works were exhibited at the
leading Boston
and New York galleries. Doll
& Richards
Gallery in Boston became his
life-long dealer,
and by 1920 his reputation had
grown so widely
that Goodspeeds, the dealer in
rare books
and prints, published a biography
with a
checklist of his etchings.
In 1922, he won a Gold Medal
for etching
at the annual exhibition of the
Art Institute
of Chicago. Other medals were
awarded by
the California Printmakers Society
(1929),
the City of Boston Tercentenary
(1930), and
others.
Gallagher was a member of the
Society of
American Etchers, the Chicago
Society of
Etchers, the Guild of Boston
Artists, the
Boston Art Club, the Boston Society
of Watercolor
Painters, and other arts organizations.
Today, Gallagher's etchings may
be found
in the permanent collections
of the Boston
Public Library, the New York
Public Library,
the Art Institute of Chicago,
the Brooklyn
Museum of Art, the Library of
Congress, the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the
Bibliothèque
Nationale in Paris, and many
others.
For other payment options, or for further
information, please e-mail.
*Additional shipping/insurance charges may
apply for shipments outside the continental
United States.
|
Click images to enlarge.
|
Thistle Fine Art
P. O. Box 714
Rockport, MA 01966
Telephone 978-546-9012
HOME
|
