Arthur Ernst Becher (Beecher), 1877-1960, was an illustrator of books and magazines and fine-art painter known for rural New York landscapes and historical scenes including Lincoln's Gettysburg... Read full biography
Arthur Ernst Becher (Beecher), 1877-1960, was an illustrator of books and magazines and fine-art painter known for rural New York landscapes and historical scenes including Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. His specialty was horses. He was born in Freiburg, Germany and trained in Munich and with Howard... Read full biography
Arthur Ernst Becher (Beecher), 1877-1960, was an illustrator of books and magazines and fine-art painter known for rural New York landscapes and historical scenes including Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. His specialty was horses. He was born in Freiburg, Germany and trained in Munich and with Howard Pyle at the Brandywine School. In 1959, six of his early paintings were purchased by the Common Council of Milwaukee where Becher migrated with his parents at age eight. He took early training from... Read full biography
Arthur Ernst Becher (Beecher), 1877-1960, was an illustrator of books and magazines and fine-art painter known for rural New York landscapes and historical scenes including Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. His specialty was horses. He was born in Freiburg, Germany and trained in Munich and with Howard Pyle at the Brandywine School. In 1959, six of his early paintings were purchased by the Common Council of Milwaukee where Becher migrated with his parents at age eight. He took early training from Frederick William Heine and Robert Schade, and also painted at Jones Island, a fishing village near Milwaukee. In 1902, he became a student of illustrator Howard Pyle at Chadd's Ford, Pennsylvania. Two years later he married Frieda Knappe from... Read full biography
Arthur Ernst Becher (Beecher), 1877-1960, was an illustrator of books and magazines and fine-art painter known for rural New York landscapes and historical scenes including Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. His specialty was horses. He was born in Freiburg, Germany and trained in Munich and with Howard Pyle at the Brandywine School. In 1959, six of his early paintings were purchased by the Common Council of Milwaukee where Becher migrated with his parents at age eight. He took early training from Frederick William Heine and Robert Schade, and also painted at Jones Island, a fishing village near Milwaukee. In 1902, he became a student of illustrator Howard Pyle at Chadd's Ford, Pennsylvania. Two years later he married Frieda Knappe from Milwaukee, and the couple settled in Ardsley, New York. In 1917, they added a 125 acre farm in Putnam County, New York.... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (17)
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Salmagundi Club Painting Exhibition Records 1940-1951 and Water Color Exhibition Records 1900-1951
2009
Katlan, Alexander W.
623 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001
Reed, Walt
452 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Master Pieces The Art History of Jigsaw Puzzles
1998
McCann, Chris (Author); Louis Darling (Illustrator)
223 pages (color)
German-American Artists in Early Milwaukee: A Biographyical Dictionary
1997
Merrill, Peter C
165 pages
American Illustrator Art Official Price Guide
1991
Gilbert Anne
1,991 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
American Illustration 1890-1925 Romance, Adventure and Suspense
1986
Larson, Judy L
159 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration
1984
Reed, Walt and Roger
355 pages (color)
American Paintings (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Schwarz-Philadelphia
22 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1940-1941, Volume III Contemporary American Artists
1940
Ball, Charlotte (editor)
790 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index