Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Albert Valentien began his career as a pottery designer, working first for Wheatley Potters in Cincinnati and then serving as artistic director at Rookwood Pottery from 1881... Read full biography
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Albert Valentien began his career as a pottery designer, working first for Wheatley Potters in Cincinnati and then serving as artistic director at Rookwood Pottery from 1881 to 1905. In 1906, he became a full-time painter, and two years later, moved to San Diego where he... Read full biography
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Albert Valentien began his career as a pottery designer, working first for Wheatley Potters in Cincinnati and then serving as artistic director at Rookwood Pottery from 1881 to 1905. In 1906, he became a full-time painter, and two years later, moved to San Diego where he lived the remainder of his life and took on a huge commission by Ellen Browning Scripps to record all of the wildflowers of California. He worked on this project from 1909 to 1918, and the result was... Read full biography
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Albert Valentien began his career as a pottery designer, working first for Wheatley Potters in Cincinnati and then serving as artistic director at Rookwood Pottery from 1881 to 1905. In 1906, he became a full-time painter, and two years later, moved to San Diego where he lived the remainder of his life and took on a huge commission by Ellen Browning Scripps to record all of the wildflowers of California. He worked on this project from 1909 to 1918, and the result was 1200 watercolor paintings in fifty-two portfolios. Some of these paintings are in the San Diego Museum of Natural History, the California State Library, and the State Capitol Building in Sacramento. As a young man, Valentien studied paintings with... Read full biography
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Albert Valentien began his career as a pottery designer, working first for Wheatley Potters in Cincinnati and then serving as artistic director at Rookwood Pottery from 1881 to 1905. In 1906, he became a full-time painter, and two years later, moved to San Diego where he lived the remainder of his life and took on a huge commission by Ellen Browning Scripps to record all of the wildflowers of California. He worked on this project from 1909 to 1918, and the result was 1200 watercolor paintings in fifty-two portfolios. Some of these paintings are in the San Diego Museum of Natural History, the California State Library, and the State Capitol Building in Sacramento. As a young man, Valentien studied paintings with Thomas Noble and Frank Duveneck at the Cincinnati Art Academy. He married Anna Marie Valentien, and in San Diego, they established the Val... Read full biography
Albert Robert Valentien - Artist Info
About Albert Robert Valentien: Books
Books & Publications (17)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Legacy of the Land Exhibition Catalog (Exhibition catalog)
2015
Colestock, Keith
103 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Plant Portraits: The California Legacy of A.R. Valentien (Exhibition catalog)