George_Pearse_Ennis

George Pearse Ennis

George Pearse Ennis

American painter


George Pearse Ennis (July 21, 1884 – August 1936) was an American artist. He is known for his watercolors and for the stained glass window he designed for Washington Hall, the cadet mess hall at West Point.

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Life

Ennis studied at Washington University in St. Louis and at the Chase School. He was a member of the Federal Art Project. He worked in New York City, and, after the 1920s, in Eastport, Maine.[1] Ennis died following an automobile crash near Utica, New York in 1936.[2]

His work is held by the Art Institute of Chicago.[3]

Ennis also taught; among his pupils was Susan Brown Chase.[4]

Works

  • Ennis, George Pearse (1943) [1933]. Making a water-colour. How to do it Series. London: Studio Publications. OCLC 560101379.
  • Summers, Charles, George Pearse Ennis (1903). The nomads : a socio-economic novel. St. Louis, Mo.: Cosmos Pub. Co. OCLC 12529582.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

See also


References

  1. ""Man Killed in Auto Crash", September 3, 1936". Archived from the original on September 20, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  2. "Discover Art & Artists | The Art Institute of Chicago". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  3. "Antiques & Fine Art – Susan Brown Chase – Biography". www.antiquesandfineart.com. Retrieved December 31, 2017.



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