William A. Coulter, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

William A. Coulter

American artist

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1849

Date of Death: 13-Mar-1936

Profession: painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About William A. Coulter

  • William A.
  • Coulter, born William Alexander Coulter (March 7, 1849 – March 13, 1936), was an American painter of marine subjects.
  • Coulter was a native of Glenariff, County Antrim, in what is today Northern Ireland.
  • He became an apprentice seaman at the age of 13, and after seven years at sea, came to settle in San Francisco in 1869.
  • In the late 1870s, he went to Europe to study with marine artists Vilhelm Melbye, François Musin, and J.
  • C.
  • Jacobsen.
  • In 1896, he joined the art staff of the San Francisco Call.
  • Between 1909 and 1920, he painted five 16-by-18-foot murals for the Assembly Room of the Merchants Exchange Building.
  • Coulter resided in the San Francisco Bay Area until his death at the age of 87, in his Sausalito home.
  • During the course of his life, his paintings chronicled the history of shipping and navigation in the San Francisco and San Pablo bays.

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