Peter Alfred Gross

Peter Alfred Gross (1849–1914) was an American landscape painter known primarily for his French seascapes and countrysides.

Peter Alfred Gross
Peter Alfred Gross in his Paris studio
Born1849
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Died1914
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
EducationEdmond Marie Petitjean
Known forPainting
The Lighthouse (1904)

Gross was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. Most of his career (1874–1914) was spent living and painting in France, where he also studied with Edmond Marie Petitjean. He exhibited at the Paris Salon and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Notable students of Gross included Arlington Nelson Lindenmuth, who was the husband of his cousin.[1]

Major exhibitions

Major collections

Footnotes

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References

  • Hutson-Saxon, Martha Young (1996). Walter Emerson Baum: Pennsylvania Artist and Founder of the Baum School of Art and Allentown Art Museum. Souderton.

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