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1877 Freiburg, Germany - 1960 Poughkeepsie, New York. Known for: Magazine illustration, history, and landscape painting.
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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Keywords (49)
Art Method
- •Book Illustration
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Magazine Illustration
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Farm, Barn, Ranch Scene and/or Agricultural Genre
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Horses: Equestrian Genre, in Landscape and/or Portraits
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Rural Scene, Countryside, Farms and/or Barns
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Sports Figures, Athletes, Genre, Events
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •Europe
- •Germany Before 1900
- •Milwaukee Before 1900
Art Association
- •Art Students League of Milwaukee, Founder/Early Member
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
- •Society of Illustrators-
Art Teacher
- •Fredrick Wilhelm Heine
- •Howard Pyle
Art School
- •Brandywine School, Student
- •Millwaukee Art Students League, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Horse Subject Specialty
- •Illustration Specialty
- •LESLIE'S WEEKLY, NEW YORK NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATOR
- •SCRIBNER'S Magazine Illustrator and/or Photographer
Ethnicity of Artist
- •German
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Society of Illustrators
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts