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George Charles Aid

George Charles Aid (1872 - 1938) was active/lived in North Carolina, Illinois.  George Aid is known for Portrait, landscape and genre painting, etching.

The following is from Michael McCue and is excerpted from his book, Tryon Artists 1892-1942."

George C. Aid (1872-1938)

Born in Quincy, Illinois, George Charles Aid spent his early youth in that city on the Mississippi. Circa 1880 he moved with his family to St. Louis, where he attended the School of Fine Art. He was staff artist for St. Louis newspapers, and in 1899 went on to study in Paris at the Academie Julian, with the influential painter Benjamin Jean-Joseph Constant and the popular Jean-Paul Laurens. He also received instruction from Lucien Simon and from Charles Cottet.

Aid stayed on in France for 15 years. He was successful as an artist, and was one of only 25 Americans whose work was illustrated in a special issue of The Studio on modern printmaking in 1902. He also won an honorable mention in the Salon des artistes francais and a silver medal at the 1904 St. Louis fair. Aid's friends in Europe included American painters Richard E. Miller a   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 10170 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about George Charles Aid

   Publications  Book References:  17
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17 Book References for George Charles Aid
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 McCue, Michael Paris and Tryon: George C Aid and His Artistic Circles in France and N Carolina 231 Yes
2001 McCue, Michael Tryon Artists: 1892-1942 175 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three 396 Yes
1990 Lang, Gladys & Kurt Etched, in Memory The Building and Survival of Artistic Reputation 437 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)
612 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1972 Earle, Helen L Biographical Sketches of American Artists 370 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Editor) Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art
(Exhibition catalog)
281 No
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