Facts: - death place: kennebunkport , maine - bgcolour: # 99badd - birth name: abbott fuller graves - death date: 1936 - field: still lifes , floral painting - birth date: 1859 - name: abbott fuller graves - movement: realism - nationality: american - birth place: weymouth , massachusetts Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of abbott fuller graves .
abbott fuller graves -lrb- 1859 -- 1936 -rrb- was an american painter and illustrator who specialized in decorative open air garden paintings and floral still lifes .his use of thick brushstrokes , bright colors , and natural light shows the influence of european impressionism .graves was born in weymouth , massachusetts , on april 15 , 1859 , the son of james griswold graves and eliza nicholls -lrb- fuller -rrb- .hoping to become an architect , graves attended the massachusetts institute of technology but did not graduate .graves went to paris and italy in 1884 to refine his skills as a flower painter .in europe , he roomed with edmund c. tarbell .after returning to boston in 1885 , graves became a teacher at the cowles art school , where his friend childe hassam was also on the faculty .the two painters undoubtedly influenced one another .in 1887 , graves returned to paris to study figure painting at the academie julien .after 1891 , the majority of graves 's works depict gardens and floral landscapes , some including female figures .some portray exotic gardens of spain and south america .in 1891 , he opened his own art school in boston .the school later moved to kennebunk , maine .from 1902 to 1905 , graves was employed as a commercial illustrator for magazines in paris .after 1922 , graves spent his winters in new york city , where he belonged to such organizations as the national academy of design , the national arts club , the salmagundi club and allied artists of america .graves died in kennebunkport on 15 july 1936 .at the time of his death , he had achieved wide acclaim as a specialist in garden painting .examples of graves 's work can be found in public and private collections across the country , including the mead art museum at amherst college , the arnot art museum , elmira , new york ; the brick store museum , kennebunk , maine ; ball state university museum of art , muncie , indiana ; the hermitage foundation museum , norfolk , virginia ; and the princeton university art museum...