George Wharton Edwards

George Wharton Edwards was an American impressionist painter and illustrator, and the author of several books of travel and historical subjects.

Edwards was born in Fair Haven, Connecticut in March 1859. He showed an interest in art from a young age, and began his painting career on neighborhood barns and fences. He moved to Greenwich in 1912.

Edwards was educated at Antwerp and Paris. He was a member of the Cos Cob Art Colony.

He married Anne Cox in March 1896. They were married until her death in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1923.

Edwards enjoyed traveling, having crossed the Atlantic so frequently that he had "lost count." He wrote and illustrated books about many of the places he had been.