Biografie von De Lancey Walker GILL (1859-1940)

Birth place: Chester, SC

Death place: Alexandria, VA

Addresses: Wash., DC, 1874; Alexandria, VA, 1932

Profession: Painter, illustrator, teacher, photographer, ethnologist

Studied: self-taught

Exhibited: NAD, 1881; Boston AC, 1889, 1890; AIC, 1889-92; Soc. Wash. Artists; Wash. WCC

Member: Soc. Wash. Artists; Wash. WCC; Cosmos Club; Wash. Landscape Club

Work: NMAA

Comments: Husband of Mary (Wright) Gill and father of Minna Partridge Gill. He trained as a draftsman in the Office of the Supervising Architect, where he designed ornamental ironwork and tile, from 1877-84. In 1884, he became illustrator for the U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of Ethnology, and later was head of the Divison of Illustration. He did field work with W. H. Holmes, from whom he learned watercolor technique. Instructor: ASL of Wash., DC & Corcoran School Art.

Sources: WW27; McMahan, Artists of Washington, D.C.; Eldredge, et al., Art in New Mexico, 1900-1945, 196-97; The Boston AC.