Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Early Life, Family and Training Born in 1863 in Morristown, New Jersey, John Marshall Gamble spent his formative years far from the American coast. His family relocated to New Zealand during his childhood, a period of transition that preceded his eventual move to the West Coast. By the age of 20, in 1883, he arrived in San Francisco, a city that would become a central setting for his life and his later artistic pursuits. His formal ed
ucation began in the San Francisco School of Design, where he studied under Virgil Macey Williams and Emil Carlson. These early lessons provided the foundation for a more rigorous academic pursuit. Seeking to refine his technique, he traveled to Europe for three years to study under established masters. During this period, he trained at the Académie Colarossi and the Académie Julian in Paris, working under the guidance of Jean Paul Lau…