Biography william grant painter
- Educated at the Parish school he, like many artists, early showed the bent of his mind, the sketches on his reading- and copy-books affording a continual source of interest and amusement to his fellow-pupils.
- William Grant Murray (11 August 1877 – 11 November 1950), usually known as Grant Murray, was a British art teacher, gallery curator and artist.
- William Grant Stevenson, RSA (7 March 1849 – 6 May 1919) was a Scottish sculptor and portrait painter.
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ARTIST BIO
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to you. My name is William Grant. I was born in Michigan and raised in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. I am a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. My art training began at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. I studied graphic design, painting, sculpture and printmaking. My studies continued at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York where I studied architectural design. My employment history includes free-lance design and illustration, business ownership, teaching, lecturing and a position with the National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) where I was the managing art director of the Corporate Design Department.
ARTIST STATEMENT
In developing a dialog for my landscapes and other subjects I have decided to avoid merely exemplifying conventional scenery or depicting inanimate objects. Instead I have worked in what I consider an unobtrusive manner, searching for an alternative perspective. In the process of creating, I have experienced my artwork oscillating back and forth between a utilitarian
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William Grant Stevenson
Scottish sculptor and portrait painter (1849–1919)
William Grant Stevenson RSA | |
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Statue of Sir William Wallace in Aberdeen with the dome of St Mark's behind | |
| Born | (1849-03-07)7 March 1849 Ratho, Midlothian Scotland |
| Died | 6 May 1919(1919-05-06) (aged 70) Edinburgh |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Known for | Sculpture, portrait painting |
William Grant Stevenson, RSA (7 March 1849 – 6 May 1919) was a Scottish sculptor and portrait painter.
Life and work
Stevenson was born in Ratho in Midlothian on 7 March 1849. His elder brother, David Watson Stevenson (1842–1904), was also a sculptor and an elected member of the Royal Scottish Academy.
Stevenson is most famous for his colossal bronze figure of Sir William Wallace, which stands on a high plinth of roughly hewn pink granite overlooking Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen. His bronze Robert Burns is the centrepiece of the Burns Monument, Kilmarnock, and copies are located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (N. Prospect Ave.) and Denver, Colorado (City Park).[1]
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Print, 30” x 40”
William Grant is a painter, sculptor and educator born in Michigan in 1948 and raised in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. He is a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
Grant’s training began at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he studied design, painting, sculpture and printmaking. He continued his studies at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York where he studied architectural design. He obtained an Associate in Arts in 1994 at the Institute of the American Indian Art in New Mexico, a BFA in advertising and design in 1995 from the School of Visual Arts and a MFA in Studio Arts in 1998 from Rutgers University. Grant served as museum educator at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian in New York and as instructor at Livingston College, Rutgers University in 2003. He attained a doctorate in Arts Education at Columbia University in 2007.
Grant has exhibited his work at the Brooklyn Museum, the American Indian Community House Gallery in New York, PS-1 Gallery in Lon
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