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541. GILBERT GAUL (AMERICAN 1855-1919) OIL ON ARTIST BOARD “PORTRAIT OF A STANDING SAILOR”,
signed lower right Gilbert Gaul, in original flat gilt frame with liner. 22 ½ in. x 16 ½ in. Overall 28 ½ in. x 22 ¼ in. 4,000/6,000
Gilbert Gaul was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He attended school in New Jersey and moved to New York where he studied art
with Lemuel E. Wilmarth at the school of the National Academy of Design from 1872 to 1876, and privately with the noted genre
painter, J. G. Brown. He continued his training at the Art Students League during 1875 and 1876. Gaul first exhibited his work at the
National Academy in 1877. Gaul became highly regarded as an illustrator, garnering recognition for his contributions to Harper’s
Monthly, Century Magazine, Scribner’s Monthly and Cosmopolitan.
His works can be found in permanent collections of many of the nation’s museums, including the Cheekwood Museum, Nashville; the
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.; the Georgia Museum of Art, Athens; the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa; Greenville County Museum,
South Carolina; the Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin; the High Museum, Atlanta; the Brandywine River Museum,
Delaware; the Morris Museum, Augusta; the New-York Historical Society, New York; and the National Portrait Gallery,
Washington, D.C.
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