Orrin Peck
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| Born | Orrin M. Peck April 13, 1860 Hobart, New York, United States |
| Died | January 20, 1921 (aged 60) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Burial place | Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, United States |
| Other names | Orin Peck |
| Education | Royal Academy of Munich |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Known for | landscape painting, portrait painting |
Orrin M. Peck (April 13, 1860 – January 20, 1921) was an American painter.[1][2] He was known for his landscape and portrait oil paintings.[3] Peck was active in San Francisco; London, England; and Munich, Germany.
Early life and education
[edit]Orrin M. Peck was born April 13, 1860, in Hobart, Delaware County, New York.[4] In 1863 when he was young, the family moved to San Francisco, California via ship around the Isthmus of Panama.[2][3] While aboard the ship, Peck's mom befriended Phoebe Hearst who was traveling with her newborn son William Randolph Hearst.[2] The two families stayed in touch over the years.
Peck studied art at Royal Academy of Munich (now the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich) in Munich, Germany, under Nikolaos Gyzis (sic. N. Gijsis), and Ludwig von Löfftz.[4][5]
Career
[edit]After his education, he purchased the "White House" on Tite Street in Chelsea district of London, England, United Kingdom; the former home of James McNeill Whistler.[2][6]
In his early career, Peck was primarily a landscape painter, and in his later career he shifted toward portrait painting.[2] Notable portrait subjects by Peck included George Hearst, Phoebe A. Hearst, William Randolph Hearst, James D. Phelan, Charles S. Wheeler, Martin Kellogg, and Benjamin Ide Wheeler.[2][7]
He had been a Bohemian Club member.[1][2] At the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Peck won a gold metal for a painting.[3]
After the death of architect Newton J. Tharp in 1909, many of the San Francisco painters came together under the leadership of Charles J. Dickson to hold an exhibition in his honor at the California Club in San Francisco, including Peck, Maynard Dixon, Arthur F. Matthews, Xavier Martínez, Giuseppe Cadenasso, Eugen Neuhaus, Ernest Peixotto, Will Sparks, Gordon Coutts, Ferdinand Burgdorff, Francis McComas, and Theodore Wores.[8]
Death and legacy
[edit]He died after a heart issue on January 20, 1921, while visiting a friend in Los Angeles, California.[2] His funeral service was at Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, on 15th Street in the Mission District of San Francisco, and he was buried at Cypress Lawn Cemetery (now Cypress Lawn Memorial Park) in Colma, California.[2]
Peck's papers are held at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Has Won Fame Abroad". The San Francisco Call and Post. December 6, 1899. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-12-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Orrin M. Peck, Noted Artist, Dies in South". San Francisco Examiner (Obituary). January 21, 1921. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-12-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Orrin M. Peck, Painter, Dies Suddenly". San Francisco Bulletin (Obituary). January 21, 1921. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-12-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Hughes, Edan Milton (1986). Artists in California, 1786–1940. San Francisco, California: Hughes Pub. Co. p. 353 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "High Jinks In Old Munich". San Francisco Examiner. October 1, 1893. p. 20. Retrieved 2024-12-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Artist Has Wealth, Scorns Servants; Orrin Peck, American, Prefers To Do His Own Work; Even The Washing". The New York Times. March 1, 1908. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ Murray, Ken (1995). The Golden Days of San Simeon. Los Angeles, California: Murmar Publishing Co. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-385-04632-9 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Artists To Honor Late Newton Tharp". The San Francisco Examiner. 1909-11-27. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-12-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Annual Report. Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. 1961. p. 13 – via Google Books.
External links
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- Orrin Peck Collection of Photographs and Papers, Huntington Library's Photo Archives Collections
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- 1860 births
- 1921 deaths
- 19th-century American painters
- 20th-century American painters
- Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni
- American landscape painters
- American male painters
- American portrait painters
- Artists from London
- Artists from Munich
- Artists from San Francisco
- Burials at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
- People from Hobart, New York