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Samuel Lancaster Gerry  American  1813 -1891
Born: Boston, Massachusetts, United States 
Died: Boston, Massachusetts, United States 
Addresses:  Boston, Massachusetts, United States  
Exhibited: Boston Athenaeum 
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 
National Academy of Design 1865-1882
American Art Union 
Boston Art Club 1875-1891
Specialty: Instructor
Painter
Style/School: White Mountains
Hudson River School
Subjects Known For: Landscapes
Portraits
Genre
Still Life
Animal / Wildlife
Memberships: Boston Art Club 1854 (a founder, president)
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In the 1840s, Samuel Lancaster Gerry was known as the leader of the White Mountain School. This area in New Hampshire is the setting for a large number of the landscapes for which he is most widely known, although he also painted portraits, genre pictures and animal studies.

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Regarded as the leader of the White Mountain School, Samuel Lancaster Gerry incited scores of artists to paint New Hampshire's rustic scenery in the nineteenth century. Born in Boston, Gerry traveled through France, England, I... (More)

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