Artist

George Biddle

born Philadelphia, PA 1885-died Croton-on-Hudson, NY 1973
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George Biddle, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0043818
Born
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died
Croton-on-Hudson, New York, United States
Biography

Muralist and portrait painter instrumental in the development of Federal arts programs during the Depression. The influence of Diego Rivera is evident in his murals, the most famous being five fresco panels for the Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C.

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)

Works by this artist (4 items)

Henry Wolf, Robert Frederick Blum, Japanese Girl (The Musmee), 1891, photomechanical wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.54
Japanese Girl (The Musmee)
Artist
Date1891
photomechanical wood engraving on paper
Not on view
Robert Frederick Blum, A Difficult Place, 1877, etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1971.160
A Difficult Place
Artist
Date1877
etching
Not on view
Robert Frederick Blum, Canal in Venice, San Trovaso Quarter, ca. 1885, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1909.7.7
Canal in Venice, San Trovaso Quarter
Artist
Dateca. 1885
oil on canvas
Not on view
Robert Frederick Blum, William Baxter Closson, The Colonial Governor, n.d., wood engraving, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1971.176
The Colonial Governor
Artist
Daten.d.
wood engraving
Not on view