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Percy (Henry Percy) Gray

Percy (Henry Percy) Gray (1869 - 1952) was active/lived in California, New York.  Percy Gray is known for Landscape, coastal view, and portrait painting.

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Percy Gray was a talented American painter whose career spanned over forty years from 1906 to 1952.  During these years of modernist turmoil in American art, Gray adhered to a single artistic goal -- to extract poetic reverberations from California's natural beauty.

Percy Gray was born in San Francisco in 1869 to a family with a rich artistic and literary heritage.  Gray's father emigrated from England to Australia, married and moved to San Francisco, where he thrived in the insurance business.  Percy grew up in the young city, which harbored ambitions to become a major cultural center. During a childhood illness, he discovered a talent for art.  He attended the California School of Design from 1886 - 1888 and began a career as a newspaper illustrator, ending up with a job at the "New York Journal" in 1895.

Gray spent the next eleven years as a newspaper artist in New York City but also found time to study at the Art Students League and   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 15457 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Percy (Henry Percy) Gray


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Moving Scenic Panorama Painting, 3-D Diorama
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
  • Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Bluebonnet Floral Landscape
  • Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
  • Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
  • Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
  • Indians, Native Americans
  • Landscape with Cattle, Sheep or Other Farm Animals
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
  • Panoramic View and/or Large Scale Panoramic Artwork
  • Poppies and Lupines, Floral Landscape
  • Portraits, Portraiture
  • Regionalism, Local Scene
  • Seascapes, Seasides
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Arizona Before 1945
  • California Before 1940
  • Monterey, Carmel California
  • Mount Tamalpais, California
  • Northern California Before 1900
  • Pacific Northwest Before 1900
Art Association
  • Bohemian Club
  • Carmel Art Association
  • San Francisco Art Association-
  • Society of Western Artists (1939-Present)-
Art Teacher
  • William Merritt Chase
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
  • Morton H. Fleischer Collection
Added Description
  • Hearst Publications Artist
  • Landscape Specialty
  • Newspaper Staff, Artist, Cartoon, Illustration, Photography, Graphics
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/InternationalExhibition of Art Association
  • Carmel Art Association-
  • Society of Western Artists (1939-Present)

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