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Pennsylvania Impressionism
Pennsylvania Impressionism was an American Impressionist movement of the first half of the 20th century that was centered in and around Bucks County, Pennsylvania, particularly the town of New Hope. The movement is sometimes referred to as the "New Hope School" or the "Pennsylvania School" of landscape painting. Beginnings Landscape painter William Langson Lathrop (1859-1938) moved to New Hope in 1898, where he founded a summer art school. The mill town was located along the Delaware River, about forty miles from Philadelphia and seventy miles from Manhattan. The area's rolling hills were spectacular, and the river, its tributaries, and the Delaware Canal were picturesque. The natural beauty attracted the artist Edward Redfield (1869-1965), who settled north of the town. Redfield painted nature in bold and vibrant colors, and was “the pioneer of the realistic painting of winter in America.” His thick layering distinguished him from his contemporaries, and he amassed more ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William L
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Emerson Baum
Walter Emerson Baum (December 14, 1884 – July 12, 1956) was an American artist and educator active in the Bucks and Lehigh County areas of Pennsylvania in the United States. In addition to being a prolific painter, Baum was also responsible for the founding of the Baum School of Art and the Allentown Art Museum. Biography Early life and training Walter Emerson Baum was born in Sellersville, Pennsylvania and is one of the few Pennsylvania impressionist artists from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He studied with William B. T. Trego from 1904–1909, taking lessons at Trego's home in North Wales, Pennsylvania, about 15 miles south of his native Sellersville. Baum attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1905 and 1906, studying with Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Hugh H. Breckenridge, William Merritt Chase, and Cecilia Beaux. Faced with the responsibilities of a wife and four children, Marian, Ruth, Robert and Edgar, Baum took odd jobs to support his family. He worked in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constance Cochrane
Constance Cochrane (1888-1962), was an American painter. She was an original member of the Philadelphia Ten. Biography Cochrane was born in 1888 at the United States Navy Yard in Pensacola, Florida. She attended the Philadelphia School of Design, studying under Elliott Daingerfield, and Henry B. Snell. After completing her studies Brooks set up a studio in Philadelphia. Between 1921 and 1927 Cochrane lectured at the Philadelphia School of Design. She was an original member of the ''Philadelphia Ten''. She was also a member of the Philadelphia Art Alliance and the National Association of Women Artists. Coming from a naval family, Brooks was known for her seascapes. In 1921 she began visiting Monhegan, Maine Monhegan () is an island in the Gulf of Maine located in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. A plantation, a minor civil division in the state of Maine falling between unincorporated area and a town, it is located about off the mainland. Th ..., eventually building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rae Sloan Bredin
Rae Sloan Bredin (9 September 1880 – 16 July 1933) was an American painter. He was a member of the New Hope, Pennsylvania school of impressionists. He is known for his peaceful spring and summer landscapes with relaxed groups of women and children. Life Rae Sloan Bredin was born on 9 September 1880 in Butler, Pennsylvania, son of Stephen Lowrie Collins Bredin and Catherine Sloan. His father was a doctor. He received his primary education in Franklin, Pennsylvania. He attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, graduating in 1899. He studied at the New York School of Art from 1900 to 1903 under James Carroll Beckwith, William Merritt Chase and Frank DuMond. He and Edmund Greacen used Chase's former studio to give art classes. Bredin went on to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where he studied under Thomas Anshutz and Robert Henri. He first appeared in an Academy exhibition in 1907, and was represented there regularly for the rest of his life. In 1914 Bred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theresa Bernstein
Theresa Ferber Bernstein-Meyerowitz (March 1, 1890 – February 13, 2002) was an American artist and writer born in Kraków, in what is now Poland, and raised in Philadelphia. She received her art training in Philadelphia and New York City. Over the course of nearly a century, she produced hundreds of paintings and other artwork, plus several books and journals. Bernstein and her husband William Meyerowitz, who was also an artist, lived and worked in Manhattan and Gloucester, Massachusetts. She painted portraits and scenes of daily life, plus reflections of the major issues of her time, in a modern style that evolved from realism to expressionism. She was active in several art associations and promoted her husband's work as well as her own. Her artworks are found in dozens of museums and private collections in the United States and abroad. She remained active all her life and was honored with a solo exhibition of 110 art works to celebrate her 110th birthday. Bernstein also aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Baker (artist)
Henry Baker may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Henry Baker (author) (1734–1766), English poet and essayist * Henry Aaron Baker (1753–1836), Irish architect * Henry Judd Baker (died 2016), American actor * Henry Baker, fictional character in Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" Military * Henry Baker (soldier) (died 1689), Anglo-Irish soldier * Sir Henry Baker, 2nd Baronet (1787–1859), British naval officer * Charles Baker (Medal of Honor) (a.k.a. Henry Baker, 1809–1891), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient * Henry E. Baker (1857–1928), third African American to enter the United States Naval Academy * Henry Cook Baker (fl. 1899–1902), British army sergeant during the Boer War Politics and law * Henry Moore Baker (1841–1912), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire * Henry Baker (politician) (1890–1968), Australian politician, Tasmanian Leader of the Opposition and President of the Legislative Council * Henry Harold Pete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faye Swengel Badura
__NOTOC__ Faye may refer to: Places * Faye, Loir-et-Cher, France, a village * Faye-d'Anjou, France, a village * La Faye, France, a village * Faye, Kentucky, Elliott County, Kentucky, United States * Faye (crater), a lunar impact crater in the southern highlands of the Moon People and fictional characters * Faye (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Faye (surname), including a list of people * Faye (musician), stage name of Swedish singer, songwriter, and model Fanny Matilda Dagmar Hamlin (born 1987) * Faye (Taiwanese singer), member of the Taiwanese band F.I.R. Other uses * Hurricane Faye (1975) * 4P/Faye, a periodic comet discovered in 1843 by Hervé Faye See also * Fay (other) * Fey (other) Fey may refer to: Places * Féy, Moselle, France * Fey, Switzerland People * Fey (name), and persons with the name * Fey (singer) (born 1973), vocalist Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Fey (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Abrams
Eleanor Abrams (1885 - 1967), was an American painter. She was an original member of the Philadelphia Ten. Biography Abrams was born in 1885 in Butler County, Pennsylvania. She worked as an occupational therapist, known as Reconstruction Aides, during WWI. Abrams moved to Philadelphia at the age of twenty where she shared a studio with Edith Lucile Howard and Cora S. Brooks. She spent time in New York where she shared a studio with Mary Elizabeth Price. She attended the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, studying under Henry B. Snell and Elliott Daingerfield. She graduated in 1908. From a wealthy family, she was able to spend the winter months in Bermuda and draw inspiration from the gardens there. Abrams specialized in painting flowers, exhibiting at The Plastic Club, the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP) is the oldest, and largest nonprofit visual arts membership organization in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States and the ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baum Circle
The Baum Circle refers to the group of artists either taught by, associated with, or directly influenced by Pennsylvania impressionist painter Walter Emerson Baum. Most of these individuals lived, worked and painted in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, particularly in Lehigh and Northampton counties, and many studied under Baum, or taught, at the Baum School of Art in Allentown. In October 2006, the David E. Rodale Gallery at the Baum School of Art held an exhibition celebrating the work of this group. Artists typically associated with the Baum Circle include: {{columns-list, colwidth=22em, * Eleanor Barba * Edgar Schofield Baum (1916-2006) * Nolan Benner, Jr. * John E. Berninger (1897-1981) *Karl Buesgen (1916-1981) * Clarence Dreisbach *Lee Everett * Emil Gelhaar * Richard Peter Hoffman * Elsi Hontz *Arlington Nelson Lindenmuth (1856-1950) * Raphael Tod Lindenmuth (1885-1976) * Dorothy Leonard * Blanche Lucas *Antonio Martino *Giovanni Martino Giovanni Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley (), known colloquially as The Valley, is a geographic region formed by the Lehigh River in Lehigh County and Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania. It is a component valley of the Great Appalachian Valley bound to the north by Blue Mountain, to the south by South Mountain, to the west by Lebanon Valley, and to the east by the Delaware River on Pennsylvania's eastern border with Warren County, New Jersey. The Valley is about long and wide. The Lehigh Valley's largest city is Allentown, the third largest city in Pennsylvania and the county seat of Lehigh County, with a population of 125,845 residents as of the 2020 census. The Allentown-Bethlehem- Easton metropolitan area, which includes the Lehigh Valley, is currently Pennsylvania's third most populous metropolitan area after those of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and the nation's 68th largest metropolitan area with a population of 861,889 residents as of 2020. Lehigh County is among Pennsylvania's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Allenschteddel'', ''Allenschtadt'', or ''Ellsdaun'') is a city in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The city has a population of 125,845 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the fastest-growing major city in Pennsylvania and the state's third largest city, behind Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. It is the largest city in both Lehigh County and the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th most populous Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area in the U.S. as of 2020. Allentown was founded in 1762 and is the county seat of Lehigh County. Located on the Lehigh River, a tributary of the Delaware River, Allentown is the largest of three adjacent cities, along with Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Bethlehem and Easton, Pennsylvania, Easton, in Lehigh and Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Northampton counties that form the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Lehigh County (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Lechaa Kaundi'') is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 374,557.Lehigh County at U.S. Census Quick Facts Its county seat is , the state's third largest city after and . Lehigh County and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
