George Bridgman

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George Brandt Bridgman (born in 1865 in Canada - died in 1943) was a painter, writer, and teacher in the fields of anatomy and figure drawing.

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[edit] Education

In his youth, George Brandt Bridgman studied the arts under painter and sculptor Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Ecole des Beaux Arts Paris, and later with Gustave Boulanger.

[edit] Teaching

Bridgman lived in New York where he taught anatomy and figure drawing at New York City's Art Students League. There he taught the legendary American cartoonist Will Eisner.

[edit] Style

George Brandt Bridgman is notable for using a cube as a base for figures' heads, as opposed to a sphere like most other artists. [1]

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