Truckee River - 1895

CURRIER, Edward Wilson (1857-1918)

Painter. Born in Marietta. OH on Oct. 11, 1857

the son of lithographer Charles Jacob Currier and

ephew of Nathaniel Currier of Currier & Ives

=dward's art studies were at the Academv of Fine

Arts in Chicago and with G. L. Clough in New York

He settled in San Francisco in 1882 into a studic

in the old "Monkev Block" (now the Transamerica

Pyramid)

hich housed manv other local artists

Working in oil and watercolor, his subjects

include landscapes, coastal scenes. still lifes

views of San Francisco, and an occasional

seascape. Much of his early work was lost in the

earthquake and fire of 1906. Currier died at his

Nov. 15 Mechanics' Inst. (SF), 1896-97; 1918. Exh:

studio-home at 1002 Ellis Street on

SFAA, 1896-97; Calif. State Fair, 1899-1902:

Starr King Fraternity, 1905; Alaska-Yukon Expo

(Seattle), 1909 (silver medal). In: Santa

Cruz Museum; CHS; City of Monterey Collection:

City Society of Calif. Pioneers. 1 CD; AAA 1907

1919 (obit): Art News, 12-7-1918 (obit). Dim: 12" x 18"