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Coulter, William A., 1849-1936

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Personal name headingCoulter, William A., 1849-1936
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Associated countryIreland United States
Associated placeSan Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
LocatedSan Francisco (Calif.)
Birth date1849-03-07
Death date1936-03-13
Place of birthGlengarriff (Ireland)
Place of deathSausalito (Calif.)
Field of activityMarine art Art Painting
Profession or occupationMarine artists Artists Painters
Found inWho was who in Amer. art, 1985: p. 133 (Coulter, William A.; marine painter; b. Glengariff, Ireland 3/7/1849, d. 3/13/1936)
New York Times obit., 3/15/1936 (William A. Coulter; marine artist; b. Glengariff, Ireland, d. Sausalito, California 3/13/1936)
Wikipedia, search Oct. 15, 2021 (William A. Coulter; born William Alexander Coulter (March 7, 1849-March 13, 1936), was an American painter of marine subjects; born in Glenariff, County Antrim, in what is today Northern Ireland; settled in San Francisco, California in 1869; in 1896, he joined the art staff of the San Francisco Call; between 1909 and 1920, he painted five 16-by-18-foot murals for the Assembly Room of the Merchants Exchange Building; resided in the San Francisco Bay Area until his death at the age of 87, in his Sausalito home; his paintings chronicled the history of shipping and navigation in the San Francisco and San Pablo bays)
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