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John CostiganMother and Children watercolor painting by John E. Costigan1953
1953
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Painting measures 22" x 28" and framed 26" x 32" x 2"
Hand-signed "J.E. Costigan NA 1952" lower left.
About this artist: John Costigan was a self-taught painter distinguished by his impressionistic style and affinity for bucolic scenes. His work across the mediums of oil, watercolor, etching, and lithography offer an extensive exploration of the pastoral, and displayed the realities of the artist’s rural life. Family members were frequently used as models for his rustic scenes, but his compositions often stand outside of time in a peaceful, if not utopian, world. From muted forest scenes to opulent beachside settings, Costigan developed luminescent and highly sensitive scenes of domesticity and repose.
Born on February 29, 1888, in Providence, Rhode Island, Costigan made his way to New York City in 1903 after the death of his parents. He then began a twenty-eight year employment with the H.C. Miner Lithographic Company, which provided him the opportunity to apprentice as a printmaker and apply his artistic talent professionally. Once promoted to sketch artist, Costigan worked designing posters for the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as silent pictures like D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation.
Costigan’s instruction in fine art was limited to a few weeks at the Art Student’s League, where he studied under William Merritt Chase and George Bridgman. He instead frequently visited a studio on 14th Street called the Kit Kat Club, where illustrators and newspaper artists spent nights informally sketching from live models. Following his move to rural Orangeburg, New York, in 1919, Costigan exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Salmagundi Gallery, and Corcoran Gallery.
Further recognition of his achievements included a 1920 award from the National Academy of Design. In 1928, Costigan was made an Academician to the National Academy of Design, leading him to add the distinction of “N.A.” (National Academy) to his signature. He went on to make notable showings at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Carnegie Institute in the 1940s. In 1968, the Smithsonian Institute launched a retrospective of his work.
Costigan continued to paint into his eighties, though his eyesight began to fail. Prior to his death in 1972, he was honored through the Artist’s Fellowship with the Benjamin West Clinedinst Medal in acknowledgement of the achievements of his half-century long career.
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- Creator:John Costigan (1888 - 1872, American)
- Creation Year:1953
- Dimensions:Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 28 in (71.12 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Hudson, NY
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John Costigan
A native of Providence, Rhode Island, John Costigan was a skilled landscape and figure painter who disdained portraits because "the subjects want flattering pictures." He was orphaned and raised in New York by his aunt and uncle, the parents of songwriter, George M. Cohan. Mainly self-taught, Costigan studied briefly at the Art Students League and worked as a lithographer of theater posters. From that job he learned the printing processes that he later used in his many etchings. He began making his name in the fine arts in 1920, and throughout the decade, reaped numerous important prizes for his oils, watercolors and prints. He served in the infantry in World War I and supported himself during the Depression with magazine illustration. For about a year during World War II, to remain financially solvent, he worked the night shift as a machine operator in a defense plant while continuing to paint and etch by day. In the late 1960s, he enjoyed a revival of interest in his fine arts talents when more than 50 pieces were borrowed from museums and private collections to be toured nationally in a Smithsonian-sponsored Costigan retrospective.
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