Buy Paris & Tryon: George C. Aid (1872 - 1938) and his Artistic Circles in France and North Carolina, by Michael J. McCue. Winner of the 2003 Willie Parker Peace History Book Award of the North Carolina Society of Historians.Paris & Tryon: George C. Aid (1872 - 1938) and his Artistic Circles in France and North Carolina, by Michael J. McCue. Winner of the 2003 Willie Parker Peace History Book Award of the North Carolina Society of Historians. Product Description:
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8.5 x 11, 230 pages, 255 black-and-white illustrations, 39 color illustrations, reference bibliography, index, Smythe-sewn hard binding, dust jacket.
The American artist George C. Aid was born at Quincy, Illinois in 1872. From the St. Louis School of Fine Arts he went to Paris for study at the Julian Academy.
He lived in Europe, first in Paris, then in Bordighera, Italy, for a total of fifteen years. He was visiting in the US when WWI broke out; he never returned to Europe.
He settled in the artists community of Tryon, NC. He owned and operated a vineyard there for eight years, painting all the while.
In the 1930s Aid was invited to teach and work in Charlotte; over a two-year period prior to the onset of heart trouble, he made a major impact on the city's emerging art community.
Aid's art was exhibited in Boston, Chicago, and the Paris Salon. He took a silver medal at the 1904 St. Louis world's fair and a bronze medal at the 1915 San Francisco exposition. At the time of his death he was one of the most respected artists in North Carolina and the South.
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Beautiful 'coffee table book' and a fabulous read!
By Jacqueline Brown Williams
Paris, France and Tryon, North Carolina wouldn't normally be mentioned in the same sentence, but George C. Aid did indeed run in both of these circles. Tryon (not to be confused with Tryon Palace)in Western North Carolina, was put on the map by William Gillette the New York Actor, and quintessential "Sherlock Holmes". George Aid bought a vineyard here, after living in Paris for a number of years. The pictures alone are worth the price of this beautiful book. The history and wonderfully worded text should be a must for every art historian's library.
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