About John B. Foster
Lived 1865 – 1930 (aged 64–65). John B. Foster was an American painter.
John B. Foster (1865–1930) was a New England artist, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on December 25, 1865. He was the son of John Benjamin Foster, a boat captain who emigrated from England, and Sarah E. Merchant, daughter of a Cape Ann fishing family.
Foster worked primarily in water colors depicting seascape and harbor scenes from the Gloucester area. He also had a sign painting business and used to paint scenes on the glass of steeple clocks and other types of clocks for Boston Jewelers. Occasionally a work in oil becomes available at auction but his principal medium was watercolor.
Examples of Foster's work can be seen in the Blackwood/March auction site and the Rockport Art Association website.
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American artist (1865-1930)
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John B. Foster was born in 1865.
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John B. Foster died in 1930.
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John B. Foster was a painter.
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