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Arthur Gibbes Burton (1883 - 1969)

March, Newfane, Vermont
oil on board, 8" x 10", signed lower left
Born in Troy, New York, Arthur Gibbes Burton graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and studied at the Art Students League in New York City and in Woodstock. During WWI he served as a camouflage artist for the U.S. Shipping Board, He then settled in Newfane, Vrmont, and in Newtown, Connecticut, later moving to Townshend. His long association with the Southern Vermont Arts Center led to a one-man exhibition in 1954.