Joseph McGurl

Joseph McGurl, American, b. 1958. As one of the most respected American landscape painters in the contemporary world, Joseph McGurl has been called "the Robert Salmon of the 21st century" and a "new luminist." Regardless of accolades or titles, McGurl is sought after by collectors around the world because his quality and vision speak for themselves. Joseph McGurl was born in 1958, in Needham, and raised in Quincy, Massachusetts. He was educated at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Massachusetts College of Art (B.F.A.); the University of London Summer Program; the Boston University Summer Program in Florence; and privately with leading Boston School artist Robert Cormier. Having learned how to draw from an early age from his painter-father, McGurl grew up by the ocean and learned how boats sit in and glide upon the ocean's surface. He has been a Coast Guard Licensed Captain, a Yacht Captain of Charters and Deliveries from Maine to the Caribbean), and an art instructor at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. McGurl has been elected to the Guild of Boston Artists and is a Copley Master with the Copley Society of Boston. He has won top awards from both organizations including the John Singleton Copley Award for Artistic Achievement. He has also been the subject of numerous magazine articles and his work has appeared in many books. "Coastal Inlet, Mt. Desert Island, ME", Signed lower right. Oil on canvas. 10" x 8"   To purchase this painting, you may     by email, call the gallery directly,

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