George Gardner Symons (1863 - 1930)
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Born in Chicago, Illinois, George Gardner Symons studied at the Art Institute of Chicago where he met fellow American Impressionist painter, William Wendt. In 1896, Symons moved to California with Wendt and built a studio south of Laguna Beach. Between 1902 and 1909 Symons spent some time in Europe where he studied art in Munich, Paris and London before finally moving and settling in Brooklyn, New York. Symons became famous for his landscapes and paintings of snow scenes in New England and the hills of California.
George Gardner Symons was a member of the California School of American Impressionism, awarded the Carnegie Prize at the National Academy of Design in 1909 and the Evans Prize in 1910. Symons’s works are shown in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Smithsonian Institute, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
George Gardner Symons was a member of the California School of American Impressionism, awarded the Carnegie Prize at the National Academy of Design in 1909 and the Evans Prize in 1910. Symons’s works are shown in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Smithsonian Institute, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.