Waldo Peirce
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About
Still-life, landscape, and portrait artist who painted thousands of portraits of his family members. He was dubbed the American Renoir.
Before Fame
He graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover and went on to attend Harvard, where he played on the football team.
Trivia
He painted two murals for the United States Post Office in Troy, New York, in 1938.
Family Life
He was born into a family of wealthy lumber barons. He had five children and was married four times.
Associated With
He was a close friend of Ernest Hemingway, and his portrait of the author appeared on a 1937 Time magazine cover.
