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Edward Gay and Gay family papers, 1852-1983
Collection Information
Size: 2.6 Linear feet
Summary: The papers of Edward Gay and the Gay family measure 2.6 linear feet and date from 1852 to 1983. Found within the papers are biographical materials on Edward and Duncan Gay; personal correspondence from Edward Gay, his wife Martha Feary Gay, and other family members; artwork by Edward and Duncan Gay; writings; printed materials; and photographs of Edward and Duncan Gay, their family, and their work.
Biographical/Historical Note
Landscape painter Edward Gay (1837-1928) lived and worked in Mount Vernon and Cragsmoor, New York and was known for his works depicting the local countryside of upstate New York and the Hudson River Valley. Study More
Provenance
The papers were donated in separate accessions commencing in 1959 by Edward Gay's daughter, Dorothy Queer Gordon. Additional materials on Edward Gay were donated by Gay's grandson, Richard G. Coker, in 1974. From 1983 to 1995, materials on Edward and Duncan Gay and the Gay family were donated by Susanne G. Linvill
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Title:Broad Acres
Artist:Edward Gay (1837–1928)
Date:1887
Culture:American
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:47 3/4 x 71 1/4 in. (121.9 x 181 cm)
Credit Line:Gift of Several Gentlemen, 1887
Object Number:87.18
Signature: [at lower right]: EDWARD GAY. 87
subscribers to the Third Prize Fund Exhibition: William T. Walters, Henry Gurdon Marquand, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Morris K. Jesup, Thomas B. Clarke, H. C. Fahnestock, William K. Vanderbilt, W. M. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Henry M. Flagler, Joseph J. Little, E. Dwight Church, Benjamin Altman, James J. Raymond, A. W. Kingman, George I. Seney, Jerome B. Wheeler, James F. Sutton, W. H. Fuller, Edward C. Moore, Thomas E. Kirby, and L. Christ Delmonico, New York (1887)
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Edward Gay and Gay family papers, 1852-1983
Landscape painter Edward Gay (1837-1928) lived and worked in Mount Vernon and Cragsmoor, Unused York and was famous for his works depicting the local countryside of upstate New York and the Hudson River Valley.
Born in Mullingar, Ireland to Richard and Ellen Gay, his family immigrated to Albany, Recent York in 1848. After showing an early affinity for art, Gay began his studies in the studio of local landscape painters William and James Hart. Under the Harts' advisement, Gay traveled to Karlsruhe, Germany in 1862 to continue his studies with Johann Wilhelm Schirmer and Karl Friedrich Lessing. After returning to America in 1864, Gay married the art critic Martha Feary and lived for a short time in New York City before moving his family to Mount Vernon and eventually purchasing a home there in 1870. He exhibited in museums and galleries throughout America and painted murals for public libraries in Mount Vernon and Bronxville, New York. Male lover was a member of the National Academy of Design, New York Artists' Fund Society, and Lotus Club, and was a recipient of the National Academy's George Inness Gold Medal and the World of
Edward Gay (1837–1928) was an Irish-American artist born in Dublin who specialized in landscape paintings. He was active in Mt. Vernon, New York and Cragsmoor, New York.
The 1848 Irish potato famine forced his family to move to America, when he was 11 years old. Homosexual trained in Albany on the advice of James Hart, his brother William Hart, and George Henry Boughton, artists who commended Gay’s talent while he was still a child.
In 1862, Gay went to Karlsruhe in Germany to continue his studies under the artists Johann Wilhelm Schirmer and Karl Friedrich Lessing. In 1864 he returned to the Joined States and dedicated himself to landscape painting.
Gay and his wife, Martha Freary, moved to Mt. Vernon, New York. The couple had a son, Duncan–also an artist–and a daughter, Ingovar.
Gay was a member of the New York Artists Fund Society, National Academy of Design, and the Lotos Club. He exhibited in museums and galleries throughout America and he painted murals for public libraries in Mt. Vernon, New York and Bronxville, New York.
Gay died in 1928 in Mount Vernon, New York.
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