biography of George Hand WRIGHT (1872-1951)

Birth place: Fox Chase, Phila., PA

Death place: Westport, CT

Addresses: Westport, CT (1907-on)

Profession: Graphic artist, illustrator, etcher, painter

Studied: Spring Garden Inst.; PAFA

Exhibited: NAD; LOC; AIC; CI; SC; Grand Central Art Gal.; Harlow Gal.; Ferargil Gal.; Westport AA, 1912

Member: NA, 1939; SC; SAE; Westport AA; SI, 1901; Dutch Treat Club.

Comments: Early in his career he was in NYC, illustrating for Harper"s, Century, Scribner"s, and Saturday Evening Post. He attracted a number of artists to live in Westport, CT, which became a colony for artists and illustrators. Not to be confused with the genre painter, George Wright, of Phila. (exhibited 1876-94, see entry).

Sources: WW47; Gerdts, Art Across America, vol. 1: 129; Community of Artists, 11-14