
This bright, delightful image we found bound in to one of the special copies of the Club history is by Norwood H.l MacGilvary, a member of the Salmagundi from 1916. Here is some biographical information on this artist:
From Pittsburgh, Norwood MacGilvary studied at Berkeley (1896-1897) and the Mark Hopkins Institute (1897-1898) in the Bay Area of California before moving east in 1906. He also studied in England with Myron Barlow, and in Paris where he exhibited at the Paris Salon. In addition he exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Boston Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy, and the Pittsburgh Art Association.During the 1915 Pan-American Exposition in San Francisco, he was in that area for an extended period of time.From 1921 to 1943, he was a teacher at the Carnegie Institute. In addition to painting realistic New England landscapes, he did surrealistic paintings, which gave him a reputation as an artist-philosopher.
Source: Treadway Toomey Galleries, Oak Park, IllinoisPeter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Norwood Hodge MacGilvary was born in Siam where his parents were missionaries. He studied under Jean Paul Laurens at the Academie Julian in Paris from 1897 to 1898. He also studied under Mayron Barlow at Etaples, France from 1904-1906. He became an associate professor of painting at the Carnegie Institute in 1921.Norwood MacGilvary has exhibited at the Salon in Paris, National Academy of Design, New York, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Art Institute in Chicago, Carnegie Institute. His work is in the permanent collection at the National Gallery in Washington D.C. He has also illustrated for "Harpers Magazine" in the 1920's. He died in 1950.
Source: Idler Fine Arts
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