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1824 Mobile, Alabama - 1901. Known for: Landscape.
John Heyl Raser was born in Mobile, Alabama, but is associated most closely with Pennsylvania. An inquisitive and intellectual student, Raser moved to Reading in 1851 where he opened two successful... Read full biography
John Heyl Raser was born in Mobile, Alabama, but is associated most closely with Pennsylvania. An inquisitive and intellectual student, Raser moved to Reading in 1851 where he opened two successful drug stores; painting was his avocation. In 1871 he sold his stores to devote his time to painting.... Read full biography
John Heyl Raser was born in Mobile, Alabama, but is associated most closely with Pennsylvania. An inquisitive and intellectual student, Raser moved to Reading in 1851 where he opened two successful drug stores; painting was his avocation. In 1871 he sold his stores to devote his time to painting. Initially he painted portraits, but he later painted marine scenes, still lifes, and landscapes, for which he is best known. In 1874 he traveled to Europe and by 1884 he had opened a studio in... Read full biography
John Heyl Raser was born in Mobile, Alabama, but is associated most closely with Pennsylvania. An inquisitive and intellectual student, Raser moved to Reading in 1851 where he opened two successful drug stores; painting was his avocation. In 1871 he sold his stores to devote his time to painting. Initially he painted portraits, but he later painted marine scenes, still lifes, and landscapes, for which he is best known. In 1874 he traveled to Europe and by 1884 he had opened a studio in Philadelphia. He was a member of the Art Exhibition Gallery and the Philadelphia Art Club and exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Raser's most commanding landscapes are his expansive river views of Pennsylvania, northern New York, and the... Read full biography
John Heyl Raser was born in Mobile, Alabama, but is associated most closely with Pennsylvania. An inquisitive and intellectual student, Raser moved to Reading in 1851 where he opened two successful drug stores; painting was his avocation. In 1871 he sold his stores to devote his time to painting. Initially he painted portraits, but he later painted marine scenes, still lifes, and landscapes, for which he is best known. In 1874 he traveled to Europe and by 1884 he had opened a studio in Philadelphia. He was a member of the Art Exhibition Gallery and the Philadelphia Art Club and exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Raser's most commanding landscapes are his expansive river views of Pennsylvania, northern New York, and the Northeast, which are breathtaking in technique and composition and are reminiscent of the grand panoramas of... Read full biography
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About John Raser: Books
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesArt Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990Gerdts, William H421 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings612 pagesAmerican Paintings
1985
(Exhibition catalog)Schwarz-Philadelphia30 pagesFolk Art in America Painting and Sculpture
1979Ericson, Jack T275 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages