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- The poetry of New York in winter found its greatest interpreter in Guy Wiggins
- Winter at the Plaza depicts a bustling Manhattan street softened by falling snow
- Horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians with umbrellas navigate the scene beneath an overcast sky
- Wiggins was regarded as the last great American Impressionist
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Guy Carleton Wiggins
1883-1962 | American
Winter at the Plaza
Signed "Guy Wiggins N.A." (lower left) and entitled "Winter at the Plaza" (en verso)
Oil on canvas
The poetry of New York in winter found one of its greatest interpreters in Guy Wiggins, often regarded as the last great American Impressionist. With an intuitive command of light and color, he infused his canvases with a vivid sense of atmosphere and life. An. . .
1883-1962 | American
Winter at the Plaza
Signed "Guy Wiggins N.A." (lower left) and entitled "Winter at the Plaza" (en verso)
Oil on canvas
The poetry of New York in winter found one of its greatest interpreters in Guy Wiggins, often regarded as the last great American Impressionist. With an intuitive command of light and color, he infused his canvases with a vivid sense of atmosphere and life. An. . .
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Guy Carleton Wiggins
1883-1962 | American
Winter at the Plaza
Signed "Guy Wiggins N.A." (lower left) and entitled "Winter at the Plaza" (en verso)
Oil on canvas
The poetry of New York in winter found one of its greatest interpreters in Guy Wiggins, often regarded as the last great American Impressionist. With an intuitive command of light and color, he infused his canvases with a vivid sense of atmosphere and life. An elegant ode to the city’s wintry charm, Winter at the Plaza depicts a bustling Manhattan street softened by falling snow. Horse-drawn carriages with brightly colored wheels move through the slush-lined avenue as pedestrians with umbrellas navigate the scene beneath an overcast sky. An equestrian monument anchors the composition, framed by bare winter trees and familiar urban architecture, including a distinctive pink façade. Wiggins’s loose, textured brushwork captures the haze and movement of the snowfall, lending the scene both energy and understated elegance.
Born in New York in 1883, Wiggins was the son of noted Barbizon artist Carleton Wiggins. Under his father's tutelage, Wiggins began painting at an early age and was a frequent visitor to the Old Lyme Art Colony, the first artists' group in the nation to adopt Impressionism. It was there that he began to develop his own unique vision of this movement, earning critical acclaim early in his career. By the age of twenty, Wiggins was the youngest artist to have a work in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
He earned numerous awards, including membership in the National Academy of Design and the prestigious Norman Wait Harris Bronze Medal from the Art Institute of Chicago. He became best known for his iconic wintertime cityscapes, exhibiting a perceptive sensitivity to shifting environmental elements. Today, his works remain just as popular and are represented in important collections worldwide.
Early 20th century
Canvas: 19 1/4" high x 29 1/2" wide (48.9 x 74.9 cm)
Frame: 27 1/2" high x 37 1/2" wide x 2" deep (69.9 x 95.3 x 5.1 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection, New Orleans
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
1883-1962 | American
Winter at the Plaza
Signed "Guy Wiggins N.A." (lower left) and entitled "Winter at the Plaza" (en verso)
Oil on canvas
The poetry of New York in winter found one of its greatest interpreters in Guy Wiggins, often regarded as the last great American Impressionist. With an intuitive command of light and color, he infused his canvases with a vivid sense of atmosphere and life. An elegant ode to the city’s wintry charm, Winter at the Plaza depicts a bustling Manhattan street softened by falling snow. Horse-drawn carriages with brightly colored wheels move through the slush-lined avenue as pedestrians with umbrellas navigate the scene beneath an overcast sky. An equestrian monument anchors the composition, framed by bare winter trees and familiar urban architecture, including a distinctive pink façade. Wiggins’s loose, textured brushwork captures the haze and movement of the snowfall, lending the scene both energy and understated elegance.
Born in New York in 1883, Wiggins was the son of noted Barbizon artist Carleton Wiggins. Under his father's tutelage, Wiggins began painting at an early age and was a frequent visitor to the Old Lyme Art Colony, the first artists' group in the nation to adopt Impressionism. It was there that he began to develop his own unique vision of this movement, earning critical acclaim early in his career. By the age of twenty, Wiggins was the youngest artist to have a work in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
He earned numerous awards, including membership in the National Academy of Design and the prestigious Norman Wait Harris Bronze Medal from the Art Institute of Chicago. He became best known for his iconic wintertime cityscapes, exhibiting a perceptive sensitivity to shifting environmental elements. Today, his works remain just as popular and are represented in important collections worldwide.
Early 20th century
Canvas: 19 1/4" high x 29 1/2" wide (48.9 x 74.9 cm)
Frame: 27 1/2" high x 37 1/2" wide x 2" deep (69.9 x 95.3 x 5.1 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection, New Orleans
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
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Specifications
| Maker: | Wiggins, Guy |
| Period: | 1919-Present |
| Origin: | America |
| Type: | Paintings |
| Style: | Impressionism |
| Depth: | 2.0 in. (5.08 cm) |
| Width: | 37.5 in. (95.25 cm) |
| Height: | 27.5 in. (69.85 cm) |
| Canvas Width: | 29.500 in. (74.93 cm) |
| Canvas Height: | 19.250 in. (48.9 cm) |
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