George W. Sotter (1879 – 1953) was an American

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

best known for

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-style works. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

but eventually made his name in

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. He is also known for his work in stained glass, some of which are still installed in numerous churches. In the August 5, 2006 episode of ''

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'' on

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, filmed in Philadelphia, a Sotter oil painting was appraised at $120,000 to $180,000, much to the delight of its visibly stunned owner. Sotter studied art at the

Pennsylvania Academy The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is a museum and private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Edward Redfield Edward Willis Redfield (December 18, 1869 – October 19, 1965) was an American Impressionist landscape painter and member of the art colony at New Hope, Pennsylvania. He is best known today for his impressionist scenes of the New Hope area ...

, 1869–1965, member of the regional New Hope group. Later, Sotter became a member of the faculty at

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

, 1910–1919.

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1879 births 1953 deaths Artists from Philadelphia Artists from Pittsburgh American stained glass artists and manufacturers Carnegie Mellon University faculty 20th-century American painters American male painters People from New Hope, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Impressionism {{US-painter-1870s-stub