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William Arnold Eyden Jr. (1893-1982) An important Richmond, Indiana painter and teacher, Eyden studied with J. Bundy and T.C. Steele. He exhibited at the Richmond Art Association (1910s-40s), the Hoosier Salon (1925 to 1981), John Herron Art Institute, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Eyden had a studio in Greenwich Village for eleven years. His work is in numerous public collections throughout Indiana. De (David) Scott Evans (1847-1889) An important portrait and trompe l’oeil painter, David Scott Evans was born in 1847 in Boston, Indiana and as a young man taught music and art at Smithson College in Logansport, Indiana. He changed his name to De Scott Evans in 1870 after a trip to France during which he allegedly suffered an identity crisis (but may have been merely trying to avoid his creditors). In 1873 he [...] Click here to continue reading. Stephen Morgan Etnier, (1903-1984) A painter of landscapes, marine, portrait and genre, Stephen Etnier was born in York, Pennsylvania, and maintained studios in New York City , South Harpswell and Popham Beach, Maine. He studied at the Yale Art School, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and privately with Rockwell Kent and John Carroll. A major 1998 retrospective of Etnier’s work at the Portland Museum of Art, Journeys Over Water, helped awaken [...] Click here to continue reading. Wharton Harrris Esherick (1887-1970) Living in a remote area by Valley Forge near Philadelphia, Wharton Esherick built his homestead and work place in the 1920s and left a legacy of bridging art with craftsmanship. Many of his works reflect the Art Deco style, and his distinctive furniture designs made him a pioneer of the decorative arts. He had little use for straight lines, and his structures are full of swirls and spirals, with an [...] Click here to continue reading. John Joseph Enneking (1841-1916) Landscape artist John Joseph Enneking was born in 1841 in Minster, Ohio. Enneking’s career as an artist began soon after he was severly wounded while serving in Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1868, he relocated from Cincinnati to Boston to study the trade of lithography and to paint landscapes. The popularity of his landscapes increased greatly after his return from an extended visit to France in [...] Click here to continue reading. Lydia Field Emmet (1866-1952) Portraitist Lydia Emmet is especially known for her juvenile subjects. Born in New Rochelle, New York, she was one of ten children. Emmet learned to draw informally by herself in spite of the painting traditions of her family. At eighteen, she traveled to Paris with her sister, Rosina Emmet Sherwood, and studied at the Julian Academy. On her return, she worked as an illustrator of books and magazines, experimented with [...] Click here to continue reading. Nick Eggenhofer (1897-1985) At the height of his career, Nick Eggenhofer was known as the “King of the Pulps” for his western dry-brush illustrations. No one could touch him for the authenticity and raw honesty of his subjects. As a young immigrant from Germany, he had steeped himself in the lore of the frontier West, accumulating guns, chaps, Indian headdresses and other props, even building models of everything from stagecoaches to ore wagons to [...] Click here to continue reading. Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer (American, 1877 to 1934) A plein-air painter of landscapes and florals, Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer was an important part of the regional art movement in Richmond, Indiana. This was a colony of artists who studied art techniques and art history together as well as holding annual exhibitions. In 1910, she received the Richmond Prize for the best work in the show. She was born in New Castle, Indiana and studied architectural drawing [...] Click here to continue reading. Charles Henry Ebert (American 1873 to 1959) Charles Ebert studied in New York City and Paris. When he returned to New York City in 1896, he opened a studio, and became an illustrator for Life Magazine. He and his wife Mary Roberts lived in Greenwich, CT until 1919 and the moved to Old Lyme. Ebert is best known for his painting of Monhegan Island. Today his paintings can be found at the Farnsworth Museum, [...] Click here to continue reading. Charles Warren Eaton (American, 1857 to 1937) The American landscape artist, Charles Warren Eaton, remains one of the best kept secrets of the art market. Although his works are included in many public collections across the United States including the National Gallery of Art, the National Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum, Butler Institute of American Art, and the Cincinnati Art Museum, he is virtually an unknown except to the savviest of collectors. [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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