Like many of his contemporaries, Samuel Lancaster Gerry had no formal training but was
a sign and decorative painter in 1835 and 1836. He made the ritualistic trip abroad
to study paintings of the masters for the following three years before opening a studio in
Boston in 1840. Gerry worked mostly in New England using his studio in Boston.
For a while Gerry, an accomplished artist, conducted classes at the Tremont Street
Studio Building. He supported the Boston Art Club from its inception in 1854 and was
one of its first presidents.
Throughout his career, Gerry painted genre, portraits, and animals, as well
as landscapes. He was a familiar figure in the lake district and White
Mountains regions of New Hampshire.
He especially liked to paint the Old
Man of the Mountain and within the Franconia Notch area. The Crayon of
October 1856 noted that "Gerry [was] at West Campton from August on at the 'Stag
and Hounds.'" He exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum, the Boston Art Club, the
National Academy of Design, the American
Art Union, and the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Gerry was also a writer of considerable note, publishing two newspapers and
magazines.
Like many of his contemporaries, Samuel Lancaster Gerry had no formal training but was
a sign and decorative painter in 1835 and 1836. He made the ritualistic trip abroad
to study paintings of the masters for the following three years before opening a studio in
Boston in 1840. Gerry worked mostly in New England using his studio in Boston.
For a while Gerry, an accomplished artist, conducted classes at the Tremont Street
Studio Building. He supported the Boston Art Club from its inception in 1854 and was
one of its first presidents.
He especially liked to paint the Old
Man of the Mountain and within the Franconia Notch area. The Crayon of
October 1856 noted that "Gerry [was] at West Campton from August on at the 'Stag
and Hounds.'" He exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum, the Boston Art Club, the