A painter of rural and urban scenes, in watercolor and oil, Frederick Detwiller had studios in New York City; New Harbor, Maine and Easton, Pennsylvania. Early in his adult life he practiced law in... Read full biography
A painter of rural and urban scenes, in watercolor and oil, Frederick Detwiller had studios in New York City; New Harbor, Maine and Easton, Pennsylvania. Early in his adult life he practiced law in New York City, at the wish of his parents, but following his talents and inclinations, he enrolled at... Read full biography
A painter of rural and urban scenes, in watercolor and oil, Frederick Detwiller had studios in New York City; New Harbor, Maine and Easton, Pennsylvania. Early in his adult life he practiced law in New York City, at the wish of his parents, but following his talents and inclinations, he enrolled at Columbia University to study art and architecture. In 1910, he went to Paris, where Victor Lalou, who was President of the Paris Salon, advised him to focus exclusively on painting. Detwiller... Read full biography
A painter of rural and urban scenes, in watercolor and oil, Frederick Detwiller had studios in New York City; New Harbor, Maine and Easton, Pennsylvania. Early in his adult life he practiced law in New York City, at the wish of his parents, but following his talents and inclinations, he enrolled at Columbia University to study art and architecture. In 1910, he went to Paris, where Victor Lalou, who was President of the Paris Salon, advised him to focus exclusively on painting. Detwiller enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts* from 1910 to 1911, and returning to Paris in 1914, enrolled at the Academie Colorossi*. He also attended the Instituti de Belli Arti in Florence and then traveled around the world to study the art of other... Read full biography
A painter of rural and urban scenes, in watercolor and oil, Frederick Detwiller had studios in New York City; New Harbor, Maine and Easton, Pennsylvania. Early in his adult life he practiced law in New York City, at the wish of his parents, but following his talents and inclinations, he enrolled at Columbia University to study art and architecture. In 1910, he went to Paris, where Victor Lalou, who was President of the Paris Salon, advised him to focus exclusively on painting. Detwiller enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts* from 1910 to 1911, and returning to Paris in 1914, enrolled at the Academie Colorossi*. He also attended the Instituti de Belli Arti in Florence and then traveled around the world to study the art of other civilizations. The outbreak of World War I caused him to return to the United States in 1914. He began a two-year study at the Art Students Lea... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (28)
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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
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925
2004
Dearinger, David B.
672 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
187 pages
Treasures on New Mexico Trails Discover New Deal Art and Architecture
1995
Flynn, Kathryn A
320 pages (color)
South of the Border Mexico in the American Imagination, 1914-1947
1993
Oles, James/Karen Reiman
296 pages (color)
Biennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Falk, Peter Hastings
335 pages
The Annual & Biennial Exhibition Record of the Whitney Museum of Art (Whitney Museum of American Art, 1918-1989) (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor); Andrea Ansell Bien
468 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
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
American Watercolors, Pastels, Collages The Brooklyn Museum
1984
Faunce, Sarah; Linda S. Ferber (Curators)
88 pages (color)
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
American Landscape/Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society (3 vols)