Artist Keywords

George Biddle

George Biddle (1885 - 1973) was active/lived in Pennsylvania, California.  George Biddle is known for Genre, portrait and figure painting, murals.

Copyright by Owner

George Biddle's autobiography of 1939, An American Artist's Story, is the main source for any study of the artist.  Most of Biddle's tale involves Depression-era, American Scene mural painting, for which Biddle was personally responsible, by suggesting a government-sponsored program to his old friend and classmate Franklin D. Roosevelt.  Born on January 24, 1885 in Philadelphia, Biddle received his B.A. from Harvard where he then completed his doctorate in law.  He received art instruction at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, at the Académie Julian in Paris and then in Munich.  During the first world war, Biddle lived in Giverny (1915-16) where he painted outdoor nudes such as Back of a Nude with Parasol (Eleanor and Irv Welling) and Summer 1919 in an impressionist manner.  During this last wave of American expatriate painters at Giverny, Biddle was clearly influenced by Frederick Frieseke, as he explained (Biddle, 1939, p. 149): "   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 32747 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 117 auction lots for George Biddle (of which 80 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 4 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 8 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by George Biddle as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists George Biddle in 1 of its research Essays. George Biddle has 13 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for George Biddle available:    Adolf Arthur Dehn,  William Gropper,  Arnold A Blanch,  Isabel (Wolff) Bishop,  Alexander Brook,  Doris Emrick Lee,  Joe (Joseph John) Jones,  Elliott Daingerfield,  Aaron Bohrod,  Peppino Mangravite,  Ernest Fiene,  Philip Howard (Blashki) Evergood,  Charles Wheeler Locke,  Kenneth Hayes Miller,  Virginia Berresford,  Hobson Lafayette Pittman,  Konrad Cramer,  Alfred Hutty,  Emil Ganso,  Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington,  David Fredenthal,  Robert Gwathmey,  Ilya Bolotowsky,  William Charles Anthony Frerichs