Peter Alfred Gross

For other people named Peter Gross, see Peter Gross (disambiguation).

Peter Alfred Gross (c. 1849–1914) was an American landscape painter known primarily for his French seascapes and countrysides.

Peter Alfred Gross
Gross, c. 1890s
Born	c. 1849 Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	1914 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	Edmond Marie Petitjean
Known for	Painting

Gross's The Lighthouse, 1904

Gross was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. Most of his career (1874–1914) was spent living and painting in France, where he also studied with Edmond Marie Petitjean. He exhibited at the Paris Salon and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Notable students of Gross included Arlington Nelson Lindenmuth, who was the husband of his cousin.

Major exhibitions

• Art Institute of Chicago
• Exposition Universelle (1889)
• Paris Salon
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
• World's Columbian Exposition

Major collections

• Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

References

• Hutson-Saxon, Martha Young (1996). Walter Emerson Baum: Pennsylvania Artist and Founder of the Baum School of Art and Allentown Art Museum. Souderton.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)