Earl HorterIn the Harbor
About the Item
- Creator:Earl Horter (1881 - 1940, American)
- Dimensions:Height: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Wiscasset, ME
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU7521893353
Earl Horter
Earl Horter was born in 1881 in Germantown, Pennsylvania and was known for his realistic etchings and aquatints of urban scenes, though he was also an illustrator and painter. As a teenager, he engraved stock certificates. He was essentially self-taught, though he did take an etching class when he moved to New York City in 1903 to work for an advertising agency. Horter had a one-man show in 1916 in New York City at the Frederick Keppel and Company gallery. He was given the exhibition by Carl Zigrosser, later the first Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Museum of Modern Art. Horter was back in Philadelphia in 1917, where he would remain until his death in 1940. He worked there as an art director for the N. W. Ayer advertising firm from 1917–23. Horter was a member of the Society of Illustrators. He exhibited at the Pan American Exposition in 1915 in San Francisco, California; the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; and the Philadelphia Print Club's National Exhibition of Prints; as well as Corcoran Gallery biennials from 1935–39, in Washington, D.C. Horter is listed in Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Artists, Who Was Who in American Art and Mallett's Index of Artists. Though not a man of extraordinary means, Horter was a lover of modernist art, which he gradually purchased, creating an important collection, well ahead of its time in America, of Cubist and Precisionist works, as well as African sculpture and Native American artifacts. Horter collected include Europeans Picasso, Braque, Duchamp and Brancusi and Americans Charles Sheeler and Arthur B. Carles. He was a friend of Carles, as well as other artists and collectors such as Leopold Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra; Franklin Watkins; S. S. White; and Carroll Tyson. Horter turned a Philadelphia brownstone into a studio and gallery to house his collection, aided by Paul Cret, the designer of the Barnes Foundation and Rodin Museum. By 1931, Horter would begin selling his collection due to financial need brought about by the Depression. Horter was also a teacher in Philadelphia at the Stella Elkins Tyler School of Art; Graphic Sketch Club (now the Fleisher Art Memorial); and the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts). In 1998, the Philadelphia Museum of Art put on an exhibition, “Mad for Modernism,” Horter and his collection, assembling once again many of the major works of art that comprised the artist's collection. In 1934, the Museum, then called the Pennsylvania Museum, had previously exhibited Horter's collection, though some of the works had already been sold. Several of Horter's prints are in the collection of Georgetown University, in Washington, D.C.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Wiscasset, ME
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 14 days of delivery.
- In the Garden, Color Lithograph, XV/LXXV, Figure, Flowers, FranceBy Jean-Pierre CassigneulLocated in Wiscasset, MEJean-Pierre Cassigneul was born in 1935 and first exhibited his work at age 17. He went on to participate in various group exhibitions, including the Salon d’Automne in Paris, the Sa...Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Railroad, 1932, Reginald Marsh, Train, Lithograph, Metropolitan Museum of ArtBy Reginald MarshLocated in Wiscasset, MEAn urban realist painter, Marsh was born in Paris, France and began drawing as early as the age of three. His artistic studies were done at Yale University, the Art Student League in New York and in Paris. Marsh was a member of the National Academy, the Royal Society of Artists, London, the Southern Vermont Artists...Category
1930s Realist Landscape Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Paysans, French, Workers in a Landscape, Aquatint, Modernist, PrintBy Georges RouaultLocated in Wiscasset, MEBorn in Paris, France in 1871, Georges Rouault’s early apprenticeship under a stained glass maker had a strong influence on his mature painting style. Rouault attended Ecole des Art...Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsAquatint
- "Dame de la Nuit, " Jules Pascin, hand-colored etching, 1920-30, figurativeBy Jules PascinLocated in Wiscasset, MEBorn Julius Pincas in 1885 in Bulgaria, the artist adopted the name Jules Pascin under which his paintings are known. Pascin studied in Vienna and Munich, and traveled and painted regularly in Paris and Berlin. Pascin came to the United States in 1914 and in 1920 became a US citizen. He returned later...Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsEtching
- "Flower Seller, Paris, " Auguste Louis Lepère, etching, ca. 1890-1900, figurativeBy Auguste Louis LepèreLocated in Wiscasset, MEBorn in Paris in 1849, French painter, printmaker, etcher and illustrator Auguste Lepère apprenticed under British wood engraver Joseph Burn Smeeton in Paris at the age of thirteen. ...Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsEtching
- L'AmbulanteBy Jean Louis ForainLocated in Wiscasset, MEBorn in 1852 in Reims, Marne, French Impressionist painter, lithographer, watercolorist and etcher Jean-Louis Forain enrolled at the École des Beaux Arts and studied under Jean-Léo...Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsEtching
- MON DOUX OU-ETES-VOUS? / MY SWEET COUNTRY, WERE ARE YOU?By Georges RouaultLocated in Santa Monica, CAGEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958) MON DOUX OU-ETES-VOUS? / MY SWEET COUNTRY, WERE ARE YOU? 1927 ( Chapon/Rouault 97; Wofsy 151) Miserere XLIV Aquatint, 1927, on laid Arches. watermark...Category
1920s Modern Landscape Prints
MaterialsAquatint
- Landscape in Winter - Etching by André Hambourg - 1950sBy André HambourgLocated in Roma, ITLandscape in Winter is a etching and drypoint print on ivory-colored cardboard realized by André Hambourg, in the 1950s. Hand-signed on the Plate and lower. Good conditions. The a...Category
1950s Modern Landscape Prints
MaterialsAquatint, Etching
- Christ Church, Oxford 1965 etching by Richard BeerBy Richard BeerLocated in London, GBTo see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, or Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message ...Category
1960s Modern Landscape Prints
MaterialsEtching, Aquatint
- Wadham College, Oxford etching by Richard BeerBy Richard BeerLocated in London, GBTo see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, or Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message ...Category
1960s Modern Landscape Prints
MaterialsEtching, Aquatint
- Magdalen Tower and Bridge, Oxford etching by Richard BeerBy Richard BeerLocated in London, GBTo see our other views of the Colleges of the Univeristy of Oxford and the Unviersity of Cambridge, or Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click o...Category
1960s Modern Landscape Prints
MaterialsEtching, Aquatint
- Christ Church Greyfriars, Newgate Street, London 1970 etching by Richard BeerBy Richard BeerLocated in London, GBTo see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, or Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message ...Category
1960s Modern Landscape Prints
MaterialsEtching, Aquatint