Biografie von W(illiam) H. GILSTRAP (1840-1914)

Birth place: Effingham County, IL

Death place: Tacoma, WA

Addresses: Tacoma, WA, 1890-1914

Profession: Painter, art teacher, curator

Studied: H. A. Elkins; Kenney; Bigelow; Spread, in Chicago.

Exhibited: in the midwest before 1890; Regional Painters of Puget Sound, 1870-1920, Mus. of Hist. & Indust., Seattle, WA, 1986

Member: Tacoma Art League (pres.)

Comments: Served as curator of the Ferry Museum, Tacoma, WA.

Sources: G&W; Art Annual, XII; Smith; WW13. More recently, see Trip and Cook, Washington State Art and Artists, 1850-1950. They state his year of birth as 1849.