George Brant Bridgman
1865 - 1943 (78 years)
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Name George Brant Bridgman Born 1865 Smithville, Grimsby Township, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada 
Gender Male Occupation 1910 Scenery artist Residence 1910 North Pelham Village, Westchester County, New York, USA Residence 1915 8 Park Place, North Pelham, Westchester County, New York, USA Occupation 1920 Instructor in the artistic industry Residence 1920 North Pelham, Westchester County, New York, USA Occupation 1930 art instructor Residence 1930 North Pelham, Westchester County, New York, USA Died 1943 New York, USA Person ID I1485 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 19 Sep 2024
Father John Wesley Bridgman, b. 17 Jun 1833, Grimsby Township, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada , d. 24 Apr 1902, Fort Erie, Welland County, Ontario, Canada (Age 68 years) Relationship natural Mother Mary Hannah Brant, b. 2 Sep 1843, Smithville, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada , d. 23 Jun 1933, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Age 89 years) Relationship natural Married 2 Sep 1863 Smithville, Grimsby Township, Lincoln County, Ontario Family ID F393 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Helene L. Ruppersberg, b. 21 Jun 1870, Erie, New York, USA , d. Aft 1930 (Age > 61 years) Married 21 Jun 1893 Fort Erie, Welland County, Ontario, Canada Children 1. Edward C. Bridgman, b. 1895, New York, USA , d. Aft 1915 (Age > 21 years) [natural]2. Jean Bridgman, b. 1898, New York, USA , d. Aft 1920 (Age > 23 years) [natural]3. George K. Bridgman, b. 25 Jan 1899, New York City, New York, USA , d. Aft 1920 (Age > 22 years) [natural]Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F415 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - George Bridgman, like his father, was a highly successful artist. He was also an art teacher and author of seven books on art and the human body. One of his students was the famed Norman Rockwell. George lived in North Pelham, Westchester County, New York, USA.
"George Brandt Bridgman (1864-1943), a Canadian painter, was more significantly, the legendary instructor of anatomy drawing at the League and author of the revered anatomy for artists books. Bridgman taught an amazing number of noted artists in his time, having among his students Norman Rockwell, Mark Rothko, Andrew Loomis, Roy G. Krenkel, Everett Raymond Kinstler and John Cullen Murphy. Bridgman lived in New York where he taught anatomy and figure drawing at New York City's Art Students League. There he taught the legendary American cartoonist Will Eisner. George Brandt Bridgman is notable for using a cube as a base for figures' heads, as opposed to a sphere like most other artists." -- 1942 article in TIME ? Bone & Muscle Man.
"George Bridgman, son of Wesley Bridgman, was an artist of outstanding ability. At the time of his death he was a resident of the city of Vancouver." (sic - from The Story of Smithville, by Frank Page, (c)1923 Tribune-Telegraph Press, Welland County, Ontario, pp. 74-75) This bio has confused George with his brother Edward who died in Vancouver.
- George Bridgman, like his father, was a highly successful artist. He was also an art teacher and author of seven books on art and the human body. One of his students was the famed Norman Rockwell. George lived in North Pelham, Westchester County, New York, USA.