Gifford Beal

Born in New York City, Gifford Beal studied with William Merritt Chase in New York and at the Shinnecock Summer School between 1891 and 1900. After graduating from Princeton University in 1900, he enrolled at the Art Students League, working under Frank Vincent DuMond and Henry Ward Ranger. Like his older brother, the artist Reynolds Beal, Gifford painted the scenery of New England and particularly the region’s extensive coastline, from the steep cliffs of Maine to the inner harbors of Provincetown, and later Rockport, Massachusetts, where he summered after 1923. He was also drawn to the streets, houses and residents making up these communities, capturing slices of small town life with energetic brushwork and a bold palette.

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