Granville Redmond

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Granville Redmond: Oaks and Poppies in California
Granville Redmond: Spring on the Malibu Coast, circa 1929

Granville Richard Seymor Redmond (born March 9, 1871 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † May 24, 1935 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American landscape painter and silent film actor.

Life

At the age of two and a half years, Redmond contracted scarlet fever , which caused him to lose his hearing. A little later his family moved to California, where he was cared for from 1879 in what was then the Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind in Berkeley . Even then, his artistic talent was evident. He was encouraged by his teachers Theophilus Hope d'Estrella and Douglas Tilden . In 1890 he moved to the California School of Design , in 1893 he went to Paris on a scholarship to the Académie Julian . After five years he moved back to America and painted in California.

On a trip to Los Angeles in 1917 he met Charlie Chaplin , who first gave him a role in A Dog's Life . Chaplin put him on in a total of seven of his films until 1931, but his appearances only lasted a few seconds. He soon became close friends with Chaplin. Chaplin gave him the opportunity to set up a studio in Los Angeles and in return learned the sign language from Redmond.

Redmond's pictures mostly show the sunny and lush hills of southern California. Scenes bathed in dark brown tones also originate from phases of depression . Redmond received several awards for his work and was a member of numerous artists' associations.

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Commons : Granville Redmond  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Redmond, Granville
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Redmond, Granville Richard Seymor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American painter and actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1935
Place of death Los Angeles , California, USA