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==Biography==
==Biography==
Walter Franklin Lansil was born in [[Bangor, Maine]] on March 30, 1846, to Asa Paine Lansil and Betsey Turner Grout.
Walter Franklin Lansil was born in [[Bangor, Maine]], on March 30, 1846, to Asa Paine Lansil and Betsey Turner Grout.
<ref name=Progress>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/menofprogressone00her/page/496 |title=Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |editor-last=Bacon |editor-first=Edwin M. |editor-link=Edwin Monroe Bacon |publisher=[[The New England Magazine]] |location=Boston |pages=496–497 |year=1896 |access-date=2022-01-25 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> He was a descendant of [[Stephen Hopkins (Mayflower passenger)|Stephen Hopkins]] of the ''Mayflower'' and [[Edmund Rice (colonist)|Edmund Rice]] an early immigrant to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://passagetothepast.wordpress.com/2013/09/01/a-trip-to-venice-by-walter-franklin-lansil/ |title=A Trip to Venice| publisher=Passage to the Past Blog|accessdate= 26 March 2017}}</ref><ref>The First Nine Generations of the Descendants of Edmund Rice, 2016. (CD-ROM). Edmund Rice (1638) Association: [http://edmund-rice.org/books.htm ERA Books]</ref> He first studied under [[Jeremiah Pearson Hardy]], then moved to [[Boston, Massachusetts]] in 1872 with his younger brother and fellow painter Wilbur Henry "Bibber" Lansil (1855–1897).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QiPGBMGpBw0C&pg=PA601&ci=50%2C1120%2C412%2C277 |title=Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia |publisher=[[D. Appleton & Company]] |page=601 |year=1898 |access-date=2022-01-25 |via=Google Books}}</ref> In 1888 the brothers sailed to Europe, where Lansil studied at the [[Académie Julian]] in Paris and became enchanted with Venice, a city he'd paint for the rest of his life. By 1891 the brothers had returned to Boston, were living together at 101 Maxwell Street Dorchester with their brothers Asa Brainard Lansil and Edwin Lansil and Edwin's wife and children (brothers Walter, Wilbur and Asa never married) and began holding joint exhibits at their studio in Dorchester.<ref>''Boston Daily Globe'', April 11, 1911</ref>{{Page needed|date=January 2022}}
<ref name=Progress>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/menofprogressone00her/page/496 |title=Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |editor-last=Bacon |editor-first=Edwin M. |editor-link=Edwin Munroe Bacon |publisher=[[The New England Magazine]] |location=Boston |pages=496–497 |year=1896 |access-date=2022-01-25 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> He was a descendant of [[Stephen Hopkins (Mayflower passenger)|Stephen Hopkins]] of the ''Mayflower'' and [[Edmund Rice (colonist)|Edmund Rice]] an early immigrant to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://passagetothepast.wordpress.com/2013/09/01/a-trip-to-venice-by-walter-franklin-lansil/ |title=A Trip to Venice| publisher=Passage to the Past Blog|accessdate= 26 March 2017}}</ref><ref>The First Nine Generations of the Descendants of Edmund Rice, 2016. (CD-ROM). Edmund Rice (1638) Association: [http://edmund-rice.org/books.htm ERA Books]</ref> He first studied under [[Jeremiah Pearson Hardy]], then moved to [[Boston, Massachusetts]], in 1872 with his younger brother and fellow painter Wilbur Henry "Bibber" Lansil (1855–1897).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QiPGBMGpBw0C&pg=PA601&ci=50%2C1120%2C412%2C277 |title=Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia |publisher=[[D. Appleton & Company]] |page=601 |year=1898 |access-date=2022-01-25 |via=Google Books}}</ref> In 1888 the brothers sailed to Europe, where Lansil studied at the [[Académie Julian]] in Paris and became enchanted with Venice, a city he'd paint for the rest of his life. By 1891 the brothers had returned to Boston, were living together at 101 Maxwell Street Dorchester with their brothers Asa Brainard Lansil and Edwin Lansil and Edwin's wife and children (brothers Walter, Wilbur and Asa never married) and began holding joint exhibits at their studio in Dorchester.<ref>''Boston Daily Globe'', April 11, 1911</ref>{{Page needed|date=January 2022}}


Walter Lansil was a member of the [[Boston Art Club]] and The Society of Sons of the Revolution.<ref>''Boston Arts Club Constitution and Bylaws'' (1890)</ref> Although the ''New York Times'' called him in 1897 "the celebrated Venetian painter", he also painted marine scenes, battles, and portraits.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93436004/wilbur-h-lansil/ |title=Wilbur H. Lansil |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=7 |date=1897-06-28 |access-date=2022-01-25 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1914 he published a memoir entitled ''A Trip to Venice''. He died on January 22, 1925 in Boston, and was buried at [[Mount Hope Cemetery (Bangor, Maine)|Mount Hope Cemetery]] in Bangor.
Walter Lansil was a member of the [[Boston Art Club]] and The Society of Sons of the Revolution.<ref>''Boston Arts Club Constitution and Bylaws'' (1890)</ref> Although the ''New York Times'' called him in 1897 "the celebrated Venetian painter", he also painted marine scenes, battles, and portraits.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93436004/wilbur-h-lansil/ |title=Wilbur H. Lansil |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=7 |date=1897-06-28 |access-date=2022-01-25 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1914 he published a memoir entitled ''A Trip to Venice''. He died on January 22, 1925, in Boston, and was buried at [[Mount Hope Cemetery (Bangor, Maine)|Mount Hope Cemetery]] in Bangor.


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==References==
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Latest revision as of 20:43, 5 October 2023

Walter Franklin Lansil
Lansil c. 1880
Born(1846-03-30)March 30, 1846
Bangor, Maine, US
DiedJanuary 22, 1925(1925-01-22) (aged 78)
Boston, Massachusetts, US
EducationAcadémie Julian
OccupationPainter

Walter Franklin Lansil (1846–1925) was an American painter.

Biography

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Walter Franklin Lansil was born in Bangor, Maine, on March 30, 1846, to Asa Paine Lansil and Betsey Turner Grout. [1] He was a descendant of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower and Edmund Rice an early immigrant to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.[2][3] He first studied under Jeremiah Pearson Hardy, then moved to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1872 with his younger brother and fellow painter Wilbur Henry "Bibber" Lansil (1855–1897).[4] In 1888 the brothers sailed to Europe, where Lansil studied at the Académie Julian in Paris and became enchanted with Venice, a city he'd paint for the rest of his life. By 1891 the brothers had returned to Boston, were living together at 101 Maxwell Street Dorchester with their brothers Asa Brainard Lansil and Edwin Lansil and Edwin's wife and children (brothers Walter, Wilbur and Asa never married) and began holding joint exhibits at their studio in Dorchester.[5][page needed]

Walter Lansil was a member of the Boston Art Club and The Society of Sons of the Revolution.[6] Although the New York Times called him in 1897 "the celebrated Venetian painter", he also painted marine scenes, battles, and portraits.[7] In 1914 he published a memoir entitled A Trip to Venice. He died on January 22, 1925, in Boston, and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor.

References

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  1. ^ Bacon, Edwin M., ed. (1896). Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston: The New England Magazine. pp. 496–497. Retrieved January 25, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "A Trip to Venice". Passage to the Past Blog. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  3. ^ The First Nine Generations of the Descendants of Edmund Rice, 2016. (CD-ROM). Edmund Rice (1638) Association: ERA Books
  4. ^ Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia. D. Appleton & Company. 1898. p. 601. Retrieved January 25, 2022 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Boston Daily Globe, April 11, 1911
  6. ^ Boston Arts Club Constitution and Bylaws (1890)
  7. ^ "Wilbur H. Lansil". The New York Times. June 28, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved January 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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