Allan Gilbert Cram

Allan Gilbert Cram (1886–1947) was an American painter.

Early life

He was born in Washington D.C. on February 1, 1886, the elder brother of writer Mildred Cram.[1] Cram received his fine art education in the East, studying under William Merritt Chase.

Career

Cram later moved to San Diego, working mostly with western scenes. He was also an etcher and an illustrator for the U.S. government. Three of his large-scale paintings hang in the Santa Barbara County Courthouse.

Works

  • Chapin, Anna Alice (1917). Greenwich Village. New York City: Dodd, Mead & Co. Illustrator : Allan Gilbert Cram[2][3]
  • Mildred Cram. 1917 Old Seaport Towns of the South ; Drawings by Allan Gilbert Cram.[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Old Seaport Towns of the South". Floridiana Collection » Florida Book Collection. Florida Atlantic University Libraries. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  2. ^ "1916: Crazy Cat and the Bohemian Greenwich Village Felines of Sheridan Square, Part I". The Hatching Cat. 7 May 2016. As Anna Alice Chapin wrote in her book Greenwich Village (1920):
  3. ^ Chapin, Anna Alice (1917). Greenwich Village. Dodd, Mead. Illustrated by Allan Gilbert Cram
  4. ^ Cram, Mildred (1917). Old Seaport Towns of the South. Dodd, Mead – via Google Books. Illustrated by Allan Gilbert Cram

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