Victor C. Anderson
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Victor C. Anderson was an American
painter and illustrator, primarily known for his rural life scenes and landscapes, whose works were featured in Life and other magazines of the early 20th Century, and who produced a wide range of illustrations for books as well as oil paintings.
Like his father, Frank Anderson, Victor was a well-known painter of the Hudson River School
. Victor drew and painted from an early age, eventually entering the Pratt Institute
in Brooklyn
. His favorite subjects were scenes of homespun rural life and landscapes of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, and were popular nationally. For many years, he lived and had his studio at 195 Battle Avenue, White Plains, New York
, where he died in 1937. He exhibited in the National Academy.
His daughter, Joan Howe (1915-2005), was a well-known watercolor artist who lived and worked in both Albany, NY, and Marathon Bay, FL.
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painter and illustrator, primarily known for his rural life scenes and landscapes, whose works were featured in Life and other magazines of the early 20th Century, and who produced a wide range of illustrations for books as well as oil paintings.
Like his father, Frank Anderson, Victor was a well-known painter of the Hudson River School
Hudson River school
The Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement embodied by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by romanticism...
. Victor drew and painted from an early age, eventually entering the Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private art college in New York City located in Brooklyn, New York, with satellite campuses in Manhattan and Utica. Pratt is one of the leading undergraduate art schools in the United States and offers programs in Architecture, Graphic Design, History of Art and Design,...
in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
. His favorite subjects were scenes of homespun rural life and landscapes of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, and were popular nationally. For many years, he lived and had his studio at 195 Battle Avenue, White Plains, New York
White Plains, New York
White Plains is a city and the county seat of Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located in south-central Westchester, about east of the Hudson River and northwest of Long Island Sound...
, where he died in 1937. He exhibited in the National Academy.
His daughter, Joan Howe (1915-2005), was a well-known watercolor artist who lived and worked in both Albany, NY, and Marathon Bay, FL.