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William McGregor Paxton  American  1869 -1941
Born: Baltimore Maryland  
Died: Boston Massachusetts  
Active: Newton Massachusetts  
Philadelphia Pennsylvania  
Provincetown Massachusetts  
Studied: Cowles Art School 
Academie Julien, Paris 1889 - 90; 1892
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris 
Instructors: Dennis Miller Bunker 
Jean Leon Gerome 
Edmund Charles Tarbell 
Frank Weston Benson 
Exhibited: Boston Art Club 1895 - 1903
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 
St. Louis Exposition 
Corcoran Gallery 
Specialty: Painter
Instructor
Etcher
Lithographer
Style/School: Boston School
Subjects Known For: Figural
Portraits
Memberships: National Academy of Design ANA 1917; NA 1928
Teaching Positions: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1906 - 1913
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William McGregor Paxton attended Cowles Art School, Acadamie Julian (1889-90, 92) and Ecole Des Beaux Arts, where he studied under the painter Gerome. Paxton was an integral part of the Boston School, a group of painters that ... (More)

Prominent Boston painter William McCregor Paxton is known for his portraits, murals and genre paintings, although he experimented widely in other media, including etching and lithography. Born in 1869 in Baltimore, Pax... (More)

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