1883 - 1962
The son and pupil of the prominent Barbizon-influenced landscape painter John Carleton Wiggins NA, Guy Wiggins was educated in England and traveled widely in his youth. His talents were evident by the age of eight when an exhibition of his watercolors from France and Holland was praised by New York critics. However, before further pursuing his artistic training, Wiggins entered the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute to study architecture. By 1900, he began four years at the schools of the National Academy of Design, where he studied drawing from the antique, as well as from the live model and still life drawing. He also worked at the New York School of Art with William Merritt Chase and later Robert Henri.
Wiggins quickly won recognition for his quiet, luminous landscapes rendered in an Impressionist technique. Before World War I, a number of New York patrons commissioned him to paint scenes of Cornwall and Devonshire in England. It was in Britain that he met his first wife, Dorothy Stuart Johnson, whom he married in the United States in 1914. The following year, the couple settled permanently in Old Lyme, Connecticut, although Wiggins continued to spend time in New York, painting his snow scenes of the city. He also became involved with the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, established in 1910. By 1930, he was teaching in New Haven during the winter and in Old Lyme during the summer.
Seven years later when Wiggins to Essex, Connecticut, where he established the Guy Wiggins Art School as well as the Essex Painters Society. After his divorce, Wiggins married Dolores Gaxton Hughes in 1945. He painted in Montana, Gloucester, and Noank Wiggins in his later years. Wiggins died while wintering in Florida.
Wiggins quickly won recognition for his quiet, luminous landscapes rendered in an Impressionist technique. Before World War I, a number of New York patrons commissioned him to paint scenes of Cornwall and Devonshire in England. It was in Britain that he met his first wife, Dorothy Stuart Johnson, whom he married in the United States in 1914. The following year, the couple settled permanently in Old Lyme, Connecticut, although Wiggins continued to spend time in New York, painting his snow scenes of the city. He also became involved with the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, established in 1910. By 1930, he was teaching in New Haven during the winter and in Old Lyme during the summer.
Seven years later when Wiggins to Essex, Connecticut, where he established the Guy Wiggins Art School as well as the Essex Painters Society. After his divorce, Wiggins married Dolores Gaxton Hughes in 1945. He painted in Montana, Gloucester, and Noank Wiggins in his later years. Wiggins died while wintering in Florida.
