Granville redmond biography of donald
Biography of Granville Redmond - American Art Gallery.
Granville redmond biography of donald
Granville Redmond
American painter
Granville Richard Seymour Redmond (March 9, 1871 – May 24, 1935) was an American landscape painter and exponent of Tonalism and California Impressionism.
He was also an occasional actor with his friend Charlie Chaplin.
Early years
Redmond was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 9, 1871 to a hearing family. Some sources claim he became Deaf as a result of scarlet fever, which he contracted between the ages of 2½ and 3.[1] However, Guilbert Braddock asserts that Redmond was Deaf from infancy.[2] This change may have prompted his family's decision to move from the East Coast to San Jose, California: possibly for his education at the Berkeley School for the Deaf.
Study
Granville attended the California School for the Deaf (CSD) in Berkeley from 1879 to 1890 where his artistic talents were recognized and encouraged. There his teacher Theophilus d'Estrella taught him painting, drawing and pantomime.&