Winter on Killingworth Hills
by Guy C. Wiggins (1883–1962)25 x 30 inches
Signed and inscribed lower right: Guy Wiggins NA.; on verso (photo available): WINTER ON KILLINGWORTH HILLS/ Guy Wiggins NA
Provenance
Private collection
Sale, Selkirk Auctioneers, St. Louis, Missouri, January 13, 2024, lot 39, from above
Private collection, New York, New York, acquired from above
Note: Killingworth is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut. Guy C. Wiggins lived in nearby Essex, Connecticut for a number of years and relocated his art school there in 1937. The surrounding hillsides provided the artist with serene viewpoints for his landscapes.
Artist Biography
New York has always been my favorite subject, especially streets in snow storms.[1] —Guy C. Wiggins, 1948
By Nina Sangimino
I. Biography
II. Chronology
III. Collections
IV. Exhibitions
V. Memberships
VI. Notes
VII. Suggested Resources
I. Biography
Of the great family legacies in American art, Wiggins is definitely at the forefront. Carleton Wiggins studied with George Inness and painted landscapes with a Barbizon influence, and his grandson Guy A. Wiggins still paints both rural landscapes and urban city views. Yet the most well known of this clan is
