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William Samuel Horton
Winter Snow - Gstaad - Impressionist Landscape Oil by William Samuel Horton

c.1920

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Signed oil on canvas landscape by American impressionist painter William Samuel Horton. The piece depicts a view of the town of Gstaad in Southwestern Switzerland. The buildings and landscape are covered in a blanket of white snow and there is a view of mountains beyond. Signature: Signed lower right with original artists label verso Dimensions: Framed: 32"x38" Unframed: 25"x31" Provenance: Original artist's label verso Artists wax seal to stretcher verso Exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists (Bourlet submission labels verso) Born 16 November 1865, in Grand Rapids; died 1936. Painter, pastellist, draughtsman, illustrator. History painting, genre scenes, landscapes, mountainscapes, waterscapes, still-lifes. William Samuel Horton trained at the Art Students League (ASL) and National Academy, New York; under J.P. Laurens in Paris and under Benjamin-Constant at the Académie Julian. He occupied Winterhalter's former studio in Paris. He travelled to Europe and took refuge in England in 1914, returning to the USA in 1919. He was awarded medals at several exhibitions in the French provinces. He was a member of the Société du Salon d'Automne. At the age of 14 Horton drew Indian reservations for the North West Magazines. Museum and Gallery Holdings: Paris (MAMVP) Paris (Mus. Carnavalet) Stockholm (Nationalmus.) Washington DC: Pershing's March across Paris.
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