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Museums page for William Henry Singer Jr ((1868 - 1943)), known for Plein-aire landscape painting. Showing 13 museum collections and exhibitions.
William Henry Singer Jr MUSEUMS
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: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (13)
All MuseumsArt Institute of Chicago, AIC
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080City Museum, Amsterdam
Amsterdam, NetherlandsFlorence Griswold Museum
Lyme Historical Society
96 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT 06371Hickory Museum of Art
243 Third Avenue N.E.
Hickory, NC 28601Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
1934 Poplar Avenue, Overton Park
Memphis, TN 38104-2765Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Portland Museum of Art (PMA)
7 Congress Square
Portland, ME 04101Singer Museum
Oude Drift 1
Po Box 497
Laren, The Netherlands, NetherlandsThe Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The National Museum (Nasjonalmuseet)
rynjulf Bulls plass 3
Oslo, NorwayThe Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102