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1881 Germantown, Pennsylvania - 1940 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for: Urban scene etchings and aquatints, illustration, painting.
Printmaker Earl Horter, born in 1881 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, was known for his realistic etchings and aquatints of urban scenes, though he was also an illustrator and painter. As a teenager, he... Read full biography
Printmaker Earl Horter, born in 1881 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, was known for his realistic etchings and aquatints of urban scenes, though he was also an illustrator and painter. As a teenager, he engraved stock certificates. He was essentially self-taught, though he did take an etching class... Read full biography
Printmaker Earl Horter, born in 1881 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, was known for his realistic etchings and aquatints of urban scenes, though he was also an illustrator and painter. As a teenager, he engraved stock certificates. He was essentially self-taught, though he did take an etching class when he moved to New York City in 1903 to work for an advertising agency. Horter had a one-man show in 1916 in New York City at the Frederick Keppel and Company gallery. He was given the exhibition by... Read full biography
Printmaker Earl Horter, born in 1881 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, was known for his realistic etchings and aquatints of urban scenes, though he was also an illustrator and painter. As a teenager, he engraved stock certificates. He was essentially self-taught, though he did take an etching class when he moved to New York City in 1903 to work for an advertising agency. Horter had a one-man show in 1916 in New York City at the Frederick Keppel and Company gallery. He was given the exhibition by Carl Zigrosser, later the first Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Museum of Modern Art. Horter was back in Philadelphia in 1917, where he would remain until his death in 1940. He worked there as art director for the N. W. Ayer advertising firm from... Read full biography
Printmaker Earl Horter, born in 1881 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, was known for his realistic etchings and aquatints of urban scenes, though he was also an illustrator and painter. As a teenager, he engraved stock certificates. He was essentially self-taught, though he did take an etching class when he moved to New York City in 1903 to work for an advertising agency. Horter had a one-man show in 1916 in New York City at the Frederick Keppel and Company gallery. He was given the exhibition by Carl Zigrosser, later the first Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Museum of Modern Art. Horter was back in Philadelphia in 1917, where he would remain until his death in 1940. He worked there as art director for the N. W. Ayer advertising firm from 1917-1923. Horter was a member of the Society of Illustrators. He exhibited at the Pan American Exposition in 1915 in San Francisco, California... Read full biography
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Keywords (52)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Chalk
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Cubism, Cubist
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Precisionism
- •Synchromism
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
- •Urban Scene, City Genre
Art Association
- •Philadelphia Sketch Club
- •Salons of America
- •Society of Illustrators-
Art School
- •Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Philadelphia Sketch Club-
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Illustrators
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts