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Edward Chalmers Leavitt

Edward Chalmers Leavitt (1842 - 1904) was active/lived in Rhode Island.  Edward Leavitt is known for Fruit and floral still life and seascape painting.

Edward Chalmers Leavitt, artist, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, March 9, 1842, the son of Rev. Jonathan and Charlotte Esther (Stearns) Leavitt.  His paternal ancestor was John Leavitt, who came to Masachusetts Bay in the first ship and settled in Hingham.  On the maternal side, he is descended from John Alden and Priscilla Mullens, who came to Plymouth in the Mayflower.

Leavitt was educated in private schools in Providence, and at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire.  During the Civil War in 1862 and 1863, he served in the navy on the U.S.S. Galena.  In his profession of artist, Mr. Leavitt is especially noted as a painter of fruit, flowers and still life.

He exhibited in the National Academy for several years, and has made many successful exhibitions in Providence and Boston.  He was a member of the Boston and Providence art clubs, and the Providence Press Club.  He was also a member of the Grand Army of the Republi   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3907 characters.]  Artist bio

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13 Book References for Edward Chalmers Leavitt
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2003 Vose, Marcia Latimore (Editor) Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Winter 2003, Volume XI 36 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1996 Pennington, Estill Curtis Gracious Plenty American Still-Life Art from Southern Collections 127 No
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)
612 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1986 Zellman, Michael David 300 Years of American Art (two volumes) 1102 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1973 Naylor, Maria Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
(Exhibition catalog)
1075 No
1971 Gerdts, William; Russell Burke American Still Life Painting 264 Yes
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