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George Hand Wright Biography
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1873 |
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Born in Fox Chase, Pennsylvania
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1889 - 1890 |
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Studied at Philadelphia's Spring Garden Institute
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1890 - 1891 |
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Studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts primarily under Robert W. Vonnoh
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1893 |
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His first known illustration appeared in the July 1893 issue of St. Nicholas published by Scribner's
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1893 - 1910 |
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Wright had contributed illustrations for a number of novels and his work continued to be featured in the leading magazines of the period including Collier's, Everybody's, Outing, Harper's Weekly
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1918 |
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Samuel T. Shaw Prize
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1921 |
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Beck Watercolor Prize
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1922 |
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His last book illustrations were published and he began to focus on watercolors, pastel and etching
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1926 |
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President of the Society of Illustrators and a member of the Salmagundi Club, the Society of American Etchers, and the National Academy of Design
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1930 |
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Joseph S. Isidor Prize
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1931 |
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Nathan I. Bigur Prize
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1936 - 1943 |
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Salmagundi Club Prize
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1951 |
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Dies in Westport, Connecticut
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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1951
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Memorial exhibition at the Westport Women's Club
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1931 - 1947
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Society of American Etchers
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1938
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New York's Grand Central Galleries
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1936
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New York's Grand Central Galleries
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1933 - 1934
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New York's Grand Central Galleries
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1932
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New York's Kennedy Galleries; Arthur Ackerman & Son Galleries
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1930 - 1931
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Brooklyn Society of Etchers
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1928
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New York's Keppel Gallery
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1924 - 1926
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Brooklyn Society of Etchers
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1925
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Women's Town Improvement Association in Westport, CT
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1924
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New York's Anderson Galleries
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1922
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Brooklyn Society of Etchers
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1921
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Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
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1906
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New York's American Art Galleries and Central Gallery
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| Literature |
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2007
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Kirsten M. Jensen's George Hand Wright: An Artist's Life Examined (PEN Press, 2007)
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1999
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Peter Hastings Falk's Who Was Who in American Art (Sound View Press, Madison, CT, 1999)
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1986
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Glenn B. Opitz's Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers (Dealers Choice Books, Land O Lakes, FL, 1986)
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1984
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Walk and Roger Reed's The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980 (Society of Illustrators/Madison Square Press, New York, NY, 1984)
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1978
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Witt Library, a Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 Represented in the Witt Library, Courtauld Insitute of Art, London (Mansell Information Publishing, London, 1978)
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1976
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Westport Artists of the Past, a Bicentennial Exhibition, 1976, exhibition catalogue, Westport Bicentennial Arts Committee, Westport Town Hall, 1976
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