Page loaded successfully. Showing keywords for William Henry Singer Jr.
Artist Keywords
Keywords page for William Henry Singer Jr ((1868 - 1943)), known for Plein-aire landscape painting. Showing associated keywords and tags.
William Henry Singer Jr KEYWORDS
1868 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 1943 Olden, Norway. Known for: Plein-aire landscape painting.
Norway was the key to the life and art of landscape painter William H. Singer, Jr., and it was Norwegian artist Martin Borgord, living in Pittsburgh, Singer's hometown, who offered him that key.... Read full biography
Norway was the key to the life and art of landscape painter William H. Singer, Jr., and it was Norwegian artist Martin Borgord, living in Pittsburgh, Singer's hometown, who offered him that key. Singer was born in 1868 of well-to-do parents involved in the industry of the steel-producing town.... Read full biography
Norway was the key to the life and art of landscape painter William H. Singer, Jr., and it was Norwegian artist Martin Borgord, living in Pittsburgh, Singer's hometown, who offered him that key. Singer was born in 1868 of well-to-do parents involved in the industry of the steel-producing town. Singer would eventually inherit a large fortune that he would use to help the inhabitants of Olden, a Norwegian fishing village, where he would later settle and encounter the Nazis during their occupation... Read full biography
Norway was the key to the life and art of landscape painter William H. Singer, Jr., and it was Norwegian artist Martin Borgord, living in Pittsburgh, Singer's hometown, who offered him that key. Singer was born in 1868 of well-to-do parents involved in the industry of the steel-producing town. Singer would eventually inherit a large fortune that he would use to help the inhabitants of Olden, a Norwegian fishing village, where he would later settle and encounter the Nazis during their occupation in World War II. But as a youth, his desire to be a painter was thwarted by his father who wanted Singer to join the family business, which he did for eleven years. While thus employed, Singer studied with Borgord and painted landscapes outside... Read full biography
Norway was the key to the life and art of landscape painter William H. Singer, Jr., and it was Norwegian artist Martin Borgord, living in Pittsburgh, Singer's hometown, who offered him that key. Singer was born in 1868 of well-to-do parents involved in the industry of the steel-producing town. Singer would eventually inherit a large fortune that he would use to help the inhabitants of Olden, a Norwegian fishing village, where he would later settle and encounter the Nazis during their occupation in World War II. But as a youth, his desire to be a painter was thwarted by his father who wanted Singer to join the family business, which he did for eleven years. While thus employed, Singer studied with Borgord and painted landscapes outside Pittsburgh. In 1900, however, Singer took the bull by the horns and left the steel business to paint on Maine's Monhegan Island. He had been... Read full biography
William Henry Singer Jr - Artist Info
About William Henry Singer Jr: Keywords
Keywords (34)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Expatriate from USA or Canada
- •Monhegan Island, Maine
- •Old Lyme, Connecticut
Art Association
- •Allied Artists of America-
- •American Federation of Arts
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art Teacher
- •Jean Paul Laurens
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Snowscene Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Norwegian
Artist Colony
- •Laren, Holland, The Laren School
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts