American, 1883-1962

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY:
Guy Carleton Wiggins, better known as Guy Wiggins, is the son of the renowned Barbizon School painter Carleton Wiggins. He demonstrated an aptitude for drawing at an early age, and initially intended to study architectural draftsmanship. While he would ultimately change his focus to painting, manmade structures became a central motif in his work throughout most of his career. Among his most iconic paintings are those featuring urban winter scenes, and New York City’s streets. Later in his life, Wiggins turned his attention to rendering delicate landscapes. He attended the National Academy of Design in New York, where his teachers included William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri. In the 1920s, he rallied with other young painters at the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts to develop a uniquely American form of French Impressionism.

EDUCATION:
1900 Brooklyn Polytechnic
National Academy of Design in New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2019, Painting the City: A New York State of Mind, Questroyal Fine Art, New York
2019, Exquisite Antique Paintings, Eisele Fine Art
2019, Look into the Shadows, Questroyal Fine Art, New York
2014, Venetian Reflections: American Painters in Venice, MME Fine Art, New York
2014, Panorama – 250 Years of American Art, Caldwell Gallery Hudson, Hudson
2013, Town & Country: American Cityscape & Landscape Painting from 1860-Present, MME Fine Art, New York
2012, Winter's Song: 19th and Early 20th Century American Snow-Filled Landscapes, MME Fine Art, New York