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Irving Ramsey Wiles
1861 - 1948 |
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Miss Julia Marlowe, 1901
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Irving Ramsey Wiles was the son of artist Lemuel Maynard Wiles,
who maintained a studio on Washington Square in New York City.
The father encouraged young Wiles to enroll at the Art Students
League, where he studied under William Merritt Chase, who had
the greatest impact on his painterly style. Later, in Paris,
Wiles entered the famed atelier of Carolus-Duran. During the
1890s, Wiles established himself as one of the leading portraitists
in New York, enjoying a highly successful career. In 1907 Wiles
moved into a magnificent duplex studio at 130 West Fifty-Seventh
Street. Around 1920, the artist purchased a home in Peconic
on the North Fork of Long Island, where he spent his summers
until his death in 1948. |
Hall of Fame of American Portrait Painting |
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