George Bridgman ( born George Brant Bridgman ; 1865–1943 ) is an American artist of Canadian origin, a writer and teacher who taught anatomy [1] in drawing [2] in the New York Art Student League for 45 years . He authored a number of books on anatomy in drawing. Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts . [3]
| Bridgman George | |
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| Date of Birth | 1865 |
| Place of Birth | Ontario Canada |
| Date of death | 1943 |
| Place of death | New York , USA |
| Citizenship |  Canada  USA |
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Biography
Born in 1865 (according to other sources in 1864 ) in the city of Smithville , Ontario, Canada, in the family of John Wesley Bridgman and Mary Hannah Brant . [four]
In his youth, he studied art with the artist and sculptor Jean-Leon Jerome at the School of Fine Arts in Paris and later with Gustave Boulanger .
For most of his life, Bridgman lived in New York , where he taught anatomy and drawing in the New York Art Student League. His successor in the League was Robert Hale ( born Robert Beverly Hale ).
Among the many hundreds of students of George Bridgman were - American cartoonist Will Eisner , considered one of the "fathers" of modern comics; Norman Rockwell , an artist who has illustrated the covers of The Saturday Evening Post for four decades; Max Fleischer , one of the creators of graphic animation; Outstanding American artist Jackson Pollock and others.
Bridgman died in 1943 in New York.
He was married since 1893 to Helene L. Ruppersberg , they had children born in New York: [4]
- Edward C. Bridgman (born 1895);
- Jean Bridgman (born 1898);
- George K. Bridgman (born 1899).