biography of George Henry STORY (1835-1923)

Birth place: New Haven, CT

Death place: NYC

Addresses: Portland, ME, 1858; NYC, c.1865-1923

Profession: Portrait & genre painter, museum curator

Studied: Charles Hine & L. Bail in New Haven; Europe.

Exhibited: Maine, 1859 (medal); NAD, 1867-96; Brooklyn AA, 1867-86; Centenn. Expo, Phila., 1876 (medal); PAFA Ann., 1876-88 (4 times)

Member: ANA, 1875; Lotos Club; Artists Fund Soc.

Work: MMA; NGA; Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford

Comments: After studying at New Haven he went to Europe for a year. After two years in Washington, DC and a year in Cuba, he settled in NYC. Positions: curator, MMA, 1889-1906, acting dir., 1904-05; collection consultant, Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, 1899-.

Sources: G&W; Art Annual, XX, obit.; Clement and Hutton; WW21; Art in Conn.: Early Days to the Gilded Age; Falk, Exh. Record Series.