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1864 Baltimore, Maryland - 1929 Guadalajara, Mexico. Known for: Landscape and figure painting, illustration.
A prominent landscape painter of late 19th and early 20th-century California, Elmer Wachtel specialized in panoramic desert and mountain landscapes using impressionist brushstrokes. His early works... Read full biography
A prominent landscape painter of late 19th and early 20th-century California, Elmer Wachtel specialized in panoramic desert and mountain landscapes using impressionist brushstrokes. His early works were tonalist in mood, and his later paintings were more decorative and light hearted. He was born in... Read full biography
A prominent landscape painter of late 19th and early 20th-century California, Elmer Wachtel specialized in panoramic desert and mountain landscapes using impressionist brushstrokes. His early works were tonalist in mood, and his later paintings were more decorative and light hearted. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and raised in Lanark, Illinois where he worked on a farm. In 1882, he moved to San Gabriel, California to join his rancher-brother who, married to the sister of artist Guy Rose,... Read full biography
A prominent landscape painter of late 19th and early 20th-century California, Elmer Wachtel specialized in panoramic desert and mountain landscapes using impressionist brushstrokes. His early works were tonalist in mood, and his later paintings were more decorative and light hearted. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and raised in Lanark, Illinois where he worked on a farm. In 1882, he moved to San Gabriel, California to join his rancher-brother who, married to the sister of artist Guy Rose, managed the extensive Rose ranch. Wachtel taught himself to play the violin, and then, while working as a furniture store clerk, became first violinist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. He began sketching still lifes and saved enough money... Read full biography
A prominent landscape painter of late 19th and early 20th-century California, Elmer Wachtel specialized in panoramic desert and mountain landscapes using impressionist brushstrokes. His early works were tonalist in mood, and his later paintings were more decorative and light hearted. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and raised in Lanark, Illinois where he worked on a farm. In 1882, he moved to San Gabriel, California to join his rancher-brother who, married to the sister of artist Guy Rose, managed the extensive Rose ranch. Wachtel taught himself to play the violin, and then, while working as a furniture store clerk, became first violinist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. He began sketching still lifes and saved enough money to study briefly at the Art Students League in New York with William Merritt Chase. However, he did not like the... Read full biography
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- Legacy of the LandApril 2015Colestock, KeithAmerican Fine Art Magazine
- California's Golden Age: Scouting the best in vintage plein-air paintingsAugust 2006Bryant, KathyArt & Antiques
- Burlington Northern & Santa Fe RailJanuary 2005Porter, Dean AAmerican Art Review
- By the SeaJune 2004Kolpas, NormanSouthwest Art
- Grandeur in Nature: Landscape PaintJune 2003Stern, JeanCalifornia Art Club Newsletter
- California, Here They ComeNovember 2001King, CarolArt & Auction
- California Impressionists at LagunaAugust 2000Becker, JackAmerican Art Review
- Tradition Lives On/CA Art ClubJune 2000Stavig, VickieArt of the West
- Changing Times, Unchanging VisionsFebruary 1999May, StephenSouthwest Art
- Historic Landscapes of MalibuApril 1998Zakian, MichaelAmerican Art Review
- Best of the WestAugust 1997Brown, MargaretSouthwest Art
- Impressions of CaliforniaOctober 1996AR editorsAmerican Art Review
- The California Art ClubMarch 1996Landauer, SusanAmerican Art Review