Biography:
Irving Ramsey Wiles was one America's most eminent artists. After studying art under his father, Lemuel Wiles, in 1879 Irving was sent to New York to study at the Art Students League under William Merritt Chase, an artist with whom Wiles would develop a lifeong friendship. Wiles then went to Paris to finish his studies at the Academie Julien, studying under the well-known Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat. After returning to New York, Wiles quickly established a strong reputation. He received many awards, both in the United States, France, London and Buenos Aires. He was a member of the Society of American Artists in 1887, the National Institute of Art and Letters, the American Art Association of Paris, the American Federation of Arts and the National Association of Portrait Painters. At the turn of the century, Wiles’s drawings were commissioned by leading American periodicals including Scribner’s, Harpers, and The Century. His work for these magazines was mostly in the mediums of ink and wash drawings. Irving Wiles created many fine landscape paintings and illustrations of various scenes, but he will always be remembered as one of America’s most eminent artists of the portrait. |
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