Ransom Holdredge
| Ransome Gillet Holdredge | |
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| Born | 1836 San Francisco, California |
| Died | 15 April 1899 Alameda, California |
| Nationality | American (United States) |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work | Napa Valley, Yosemite, Klamath Indians (1878), Indians Fishing the Klamath (c. 1875), Figures near a Stream on a Stormy Afternoon, Mount Hood, Oregon, Indian encampment in the Sierras |
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Ransome Gillet Holdredge (1836 - 1899) was an early San Francisco school painter, specializing in Northern California landscapes.
Holdredge was born in [[New York]] (or possibly [[London, England]]]) in 1836, and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1850s, where he became head draughtsman at Mare Island Naval Yard. In 1874, with the assistance of friends and patrons, he moved to Paris for two years where he studied painting and traveled around Europe. On his return, he gained a reputation as a leading landscape artist, traveling through the Western United States from Utah and the Rocky Mountains, to Oregon and the Sierra Mountains, to Yosemite and to the San Francisco Bay Area, often living with local Native American tribes.
He may have been a founder of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco, and was an early member of that association. He helped organize the San Francisco Art Association and was friends with Charles Warren Stoddard and Robert Louis Stevenson. After achieving fame, he attained some wealth, which he subsequently squandered on drink. He died destitute, on or around April 15, 1899.
There are claims that Holdredge served as a field artist for Scribner's or was present at Major Reno's actions at Custer's Last Stand, but these claims are disputed.
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