GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Although born and raised in the East, where he was affiliated with the artists' colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut, Guy Carleton Wiggins began his career painting his urban surroundings in New York City. Fifth Avenue Winter illustrates Wiggins's affiliation with American Impressionism through his emphasis on capturing the atmospheric effects of gray skies and white snowfall. He became known for winter cityscapes such as this one.
Adapted from
William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy (2001.175), July 2005
NOTES
NO JUSTIFICATION IN TMS
This work does not appear in the catalogue raisonne online (which operate out of Dallas and charges $350 per painting). http://www.guycwiggins.com/index.html
b. 2/23/1883 in Brooklyn, NYC
d. April 1962, St. Augustine, FL
raised- England
trained- Brooklyn, (1900) studied architecture at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
trained- NYC (c.1900-1904) National Academy of Design under William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri
worked- NYC (c.1900-1937)- became youngest American artists to have a work acquired by the Met in 1912 ("Metropolitan Tower"), elected to NAD 1919,
worked- Old Lyme, CT (after 1915-1937) worked with his father, Carleton Wiggins, and the artists Childe Hassam and Frank Vincent at the Old Lyme Art Colony arting in 1915
worked- Hamburg Cove, CT (1920-) purchased a home in Hamburg Cove (near Old Lyme) in 1920; started Guy Wiggins Art School in 1930, located in Old Lyme during the summers
worked- New Haven (1930) started Guy Wiggins Art School, located in New Haven during the winters.
worked- Essex (1937-1962) moved Guy Wiggins Arts School to Essex in 1937.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Guy Carleton Wiggins (American, 1883 - 1962)
Cultures
Geography
depicted- NYC, 5th Avenue and 34th Street
origin- NYC
Process/materials
oil paint
canvas
Historical periods
c. 1911-1912
Individuals
Subject terms
snow
winter
street
cityscape
pedestrians
double-decker bus
trucks
automobiles
horse-drawn carriage
columns
architecture
buildings
awnings
atmospheric perspective
figures
facades
viewpoint
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1912: Dallas Art Association, purchased [1]
[1] The Dallas Arts Association is the predecessor to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name was abandoned in 1970. Works from this collection were transferred to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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WEB RESOURCES
- Fifth Avenue, New York, From Start to Finish~Scroll through the New York Public Library's collection of panoramic photographs of Manhattan's famous roadway
- Street View, Then and Now: New York City's Fifth Avenue~Check out another digital offering from the New York Public Library; this dynamic, digital tour compares present-day Google Street photos with photographs taken over a century ago, from the same vantage point.
ARCHIVAL RESOURCES
FUN FACTS
- The traffic creeping along Fifth Avenue in Wiggins's wintry scene may look commonplace from our 21st century perspective. In fact, the presence of private vehicles, delivery trucks, and motor buses was a new feature along Manhattan's thoroughfares in the 1910s. Accidents and travel delays plagued America's biggest city during the short period when roadways served both automobiles and horse-powered vehicles (note the horse-drawn carriage in the center of the avenue).
- The columned building on the left of Wiggins's Fifth Avenue in Winter may be the Knickerbocker Trust Company Building (completed 1903, designed by McKim, Mead and White). If so, the view provided by this painting looks northward along Fifth Avenue while the southern view would have shown the red brick exterior of the Hotel Waldorf Astoria (replaced by the Empire State Building in 1930).
- Guy Carleton Wiggins is the second of three generations of family artists. Carleton Wiggins (1848-1932) was his father, and Guy Arthur Wiggins (b. 1920) is his son.
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General Description
Although born and raised in the East, where he was affiliated with the artists' colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut, Guy Carleton Wiggins began his career painting his urban surroundings in New York City. Fifth Avenue Winter illustrates Wiggins's affiliation with American Impressionism through his emphasis on capturing the atmospheric effects of gray skies and white snowfall. He became known for winter cityscapes such as this one.
Adapted from
William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy (2001.175), July 2005
Fun Facts
- The traffic creeping along Fifth Avenue in Wiggins's wintry scene may look commonplace from our 21st century perspective. In fact, the presence of private vehicles, delivery trucks, and motor buses was a new feature along Manhattan's thoroughfares in the 1910s. Accidents and travel delays plagued America's biggest city during the short period when roadways served both automobiles and horse-powered vehicles (note the horse-drawn carriage in the center of the avenue).
- The columned building on the left of Wiggins's Fifth Avenue in Winter may be the Knickerbocker Trust Company Building (completed 1903, designed by McKim, Mead and White). If so, the view provided by this painting looks northward along Fifth Avenue while the southern view would have shown the red brick exterior of the Hotel Waldorf Astoria (replaced by the Empire State Building in 1930).
- Guy Carleton Wiggins is the second of three generations of family artists. Carleton Wiggins (1848-1932) was his father, and Guy Arthur Wiggins (b. 1920) is his son.
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Fifth Avenue, New York, From Start to Finish~Scroll through the New York Public Library's collection of panoramic photographs of Manhattan's famous roadway
- Street View, Then and Now: New York City's Fifth Avenue~Check out another digital offering from the New York Public Library; this dynamic, digital tour compares present-day Google Street photos with photographs taken over a century ago, from the same vantage point.
Notes
NO JUSTIFICATION IN TMS
This work does not appear in the catalogue raisonne online (which operate out of Dallas and charges $350 per painting). http://www.guycwiggins.com/index.html
b. 2/23/1883 in Brooklyn, NYC
d. April 1962, St. Augustine, FL
raised- England
trained- Brooklyn, (1900) studied architecture at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
trained- NYC (c.1900-1904) National Academy of Design under William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri
worked- NYC (c.1900-1937)- became youngest American artists to have a work acquired by the Met in 1912 ("Metropolitan Tower"), elected to NAD 1919,
worked- Old Lyme, CT (after 1915-1937) worked with his father, Carleton Wiggins, and the artists Childe Hassam and Frank Vincent at the Old Lyme Art Colony arting in 1915
worked- Hamburg Cove, CT (1920-) purchased a home in Hamburg Cove (near Old Lyme) in 1920; started Guy Wiggins Art School in 1930, located in Old Lyme during the summers
worked- New Haven (1930) started Guy Wiggins Art School, located in New Haven during the winters.
worked- Essex (1937-1962) moved Guy Wiggins Arts School to Essex in 1937.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Guy Carleton Wiggins (American, 1883 - 1962)
Cultures
Geography
depicted- NYC, 5th Avenue and 34th Street
origin- NYC
Process/materials
oil paint
canvas
Historical periods
c. 1911-1912
Individuals
Subject terms
snow
winter
street
cityscape
pedestrians
double-decker bus
trucks
automobiles
horse-drawn carriage
columns
architecture
buildings
awnings
atmospheric perspective
figures
facades
viewpoint
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1912: Dallas Art Association, purchased [1]
[1] The Dallas Arts Association is the predecessor to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name was abandoned in 1970. Works from this collection were transferred to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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