Background
Wiggins, J. Carleton was born on March 4, 1848 in Turners, New York, United States. Son of Guy Carleton and Adelaide (Ludlum) Wiggins.
Wiggins, J. Carleton was born on March 4, 1848 in Turners, New York, United States. Son of Guy Carleton and Adelaide (Ludlum) Wiggins.
Studied art, National Academy of Design, 1870, at Paris, 1880-1881, also studied under H. Carmiencke and George Inness.
Specialty, cattle and landscapes. Exhibited Paris Salon, 1881, Prize Fund. 1894 (gold medal), Royal Academy, London, 1896-1897, and other exhibitions
United States and abroad.
Principal paintings: A Holstein Bulletin, 1891 (Metropolitan Museum of Art). Morning on the Hills (Brooklyn Museum).
The Wanderers (Hamilton Club, Brooklyn). Ploughing in France, 1894.
Plough Horse, 1899 (Lotos Club.
New York). Sheep and Landscape (Newark Art Museum). Etc. A.N.A., 1892, North.A., 1906.
Home: Old Lyme, Connecticut
Married Mary Clucas, October 17, 1872 (died 1928).