Eugene Bejot (1867-1931)
Ships dock in a town
Etching
10 1/2" x 13"
Private collection
Eugène Béjot (August 31, 1867 in Paris – February 28, 1931 in Paris) was a French etcher.
Béjot studied at the Académie Julian in Paris and learnt to etch with Henri-Gabriel Ibels in 1891. Béjot's technical skills were already apparent in his 1892 first commissioned series, La Seine a Paris. He then firmly established his reputation with his widely acclaimed La Samaritaine, which was exhibited at the Peintres-Graveurs exhibition in Paris in 1893.[2]
Béjot’s work is inextricably linked to Paris. He made many etchings of the Seine, as well as of the quays and buildings of Paris. His delicate use of light evokes the city’s atmosphere.
Béjot was very highly regarded in England. In 1908, he was elected to the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in London. He also became a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1912. More on Eugène Béjot
Kerr Eby, (1889-1946)
Isles of Shoals
Etching
10" x 17 1/4"
Private collection
The Isles of Shoals are a group of small islands and tidal ledges situated approximately 6 miles (10 km) off the east coast of the United States, straddling the border of the states of Maine and New Hampshire. More on The Isles of Shoals
Kerr Eby (1889-1946) was born in Tokyo, Japan, the son of Methodist missionaries from Canada. Returning to that country when he was three, Eby grew up studying art, which his parents encouraged. As a boy he worked as a printer's apprentice in a newspaper office.
After graduating from high school in 1907, Eby moved to New York City to study art, first at the Pratt Institute, and later at the Art Students League. During this period he formed a number of influential friendships with major artists. He supported himself by working as a magazine illustrator and at the American Lithographic Company.
In 1917 Eby joined the U.S. Army. He tried to obtain a commission as an artist, but was assigned first to ambulance duty and later as a camoufleur to the 40th Engineers in France. During the war he documented in drawing what he saw and experienced and on his return to New York City, he translated his studies into prints. He continued creating out occasional war-related prints throughout the 1920's and 30's.
When the United States declared war in 1941, Eby tried to enlist, but was turned down because of his age. He instead received his opportunity to participate when Abbott Laboratories developed its combat artist program. Between October 1943 and January 1944, he traveled with Marines in the South Pacific. While on Bougainville he became ill with a tropical disease, one which weakened his health. He returned to the United States unable to regain his full strength. He completed his final drawings for Abbott and two unrelated etchings, but could not complete the etchings that he intended to make from his war pictures. He died in Norwalk, Connecticut in 1946. More on Kerr Eby
Gordon Hope Grant, (1875-1962)
Sail boats and fisherman
Etching
12 1/2" x 15 1/2"
Private collection
Gordon Hope Grant was a noted American artist, well-known for his maritime watercolors, and his work with the American Boy Scouts. He was born in San Francisco in 1875, and died in 1962.
His best known work is likely his watercolor of the USS Constitution. He also produced war time posters during WW I, and illustrations for books such as Penrod, and magazine covers for periodicals such as Saturday Evening Post. He was the cover designer for the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in 1911.
He was illustrator for The Story of American Sailing Ships by Charles S. Strong, The Scarlet Plague by Jack London, Eternal Sea: An Anthology of Sea Poetry edited by William Martin Williamson and many other works.[9]
He was a member of the Association of American Artists and many of his prints were sold through it. More on Gordon Hope Grant
Gordon Hope Grant (1875-1962)
Ship
Etching
7 5/8x9 3/4"
Private collection
Gordon Hope Grant (1875-1962), see above
Loren Barton, (1893 - 1975)
Oakland Channel
Etching
11" x 14 1/2"
Private collection
The Oakland Estuary is the strait in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, separating the cities of Oakland and Alameda and the Alameda Island from the East Bay mainland. On its western end, it connects to San Francisco Bay, while its eastern end connects to San Leandro Bay. More on Oakland Channel
Loren Roberta Barton (1893-1975), an artist known first for her etchings, book illustrations, and later her paintings in both oil and watercolors, was born in Oxford, Massachusetts and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended art school at the University of Southern California and the Art Students League in Los Angeles. For many years, she was a teacher at the Chouinard Art Institute.
Ms. Bartons frequent travels to the East Coast and Europe can be noted in her artwork. Her subjects include portraits, still-lifes and landscapes from scenes and people in Europe, Mexico and many regions of the United States.
Achieving success early in her career, Loren Barton exhibited regularly from 1920-1950s. In 1933 she was commissioned by the White House to paint the first ladies' gowns. Her work can be found in the collections of the New York Public Library, the National Gallery of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Library of France. More on Loren Roberta Barton
Phillip Kappel, (1901 - 1981)
Three men on a boat
Etching
10" x 11 1/2"
Private collection
Phillip Kappel, (1901 - 1981) Etcher and book illustrator Philip Kappel was born in Hartford, Connecticut and graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. He also studied with marine artist Philip Little in Salem, Massachusetts and was employed as an artist by several American steamship lines. He made six trips around the world on sailing vessels to gather themes, mainly maritime, for his etchings, which held by major American museums and the Biblotheque National in Paris His artwork constitutes s a record of the shipping industry in the United States at its peak. Kappel received many awards for his work. He was the author of several books, including Boothbay Harbor-A Portfolio of Sketches, 1924, Louisiana Gallery, 1950, Jamaica Gallery, 1960, and New England Gallery, 1966. More on Phillip Kappel
Phillip Kappel (1901 - 1981)
The Hay Boat
Etching
11 1/2" x 15"
Private collection
Phillip Kappel, (1901 - 1981), see above
Phillip Kappel (1901 - 1981)
The Fisherman
Etching
10" x 11 1/2"
Private collection
Phillip Kappel, (1901 - 1981), see above
Charles Adams Platt (1861-1933)
On a boat dock
Etching
11" x 14"
Private collection
Charles Adams Platt (1861-1933), a printmaker, painter, and architect, was born in New York City. He trained as an etcher and landscape painter with Stephen Parrish, attended the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League in New York, and subsequently studied in Paris the Académie Julian, exhibiting his etchings and paintings at the Paris Salon of 1885. Platt was also associated with the Cornish Art Colony at Cornish, New Hampshire, formed by Augustus St. Gaudens.
Primarily an influential landscape designer and architect, he executed numerous architectural commissions including residential and institutional buildings, served as a trustee of the American Academy in Rome from 1919, became its president from 1928 to his death, and served on the U. S. Commission of Fine arts. More on Charles Adams Platt
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