ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES - ABBOTT FULLER GRAVES

New England artist Abbott Fuller Graves (1859-1936), divided his studies between Boston and Paris. He studied practical design at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a teenager, followed by numerous trips to France where he studied with individual painters. In 1890 he started a teaching position at the Cowles School of Art in Boston. During this time he traveled often to Kennebunkport, Maine where he owned a house.

Graves is best known for his paintings of gardens and doorways. His works, mostly in oil, depict New England, Paris, Holland, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Throughout his life Graves exhibited regularly in one-man shows and received high honors in juried exhibits. He was a social and well-loved man who was greatly influenced by extensive world travel and both classical and impressionist painters.