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Today his work is included in the most prominent collections of American Western art.
Union Soldiers on Horseback
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William Henry Shelton (Allen's Hill, NY., 1840 - Morristown, NY., 1932): A nineteenth century painter, etcher and illustrator, William Henry Shelton is today best remembered for his military art, most specifically his scenes from the American Civil War.
Shelton, in fact, served in a New York State regiment during the conflict and thus his etchings and drawings are based upon actual experiences.
As well as producing a number of fine etchings, W. H. Shelton also contributed many illustrations to leading periodicals such as Harper's during the 1870's and 1880's.
Act III, Scene I. The Archdeacon of Bangor's House in Wales. We sell original etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, watercolors, paintings, drawings and other mediums of original graphic art, dating from the Renaissance to the contemporary art period. His wood engravings of New York, for example, are among his most sought after works.
Basically a traditionalist in his style, Simon did much to champion the cause of Czech printmaking throughout the world.
His first paintings date from 1897. Falstaff disguised with a buck's head on etc. 1810)
Dwight Sturges was a full member of the Chicago Society of Etchers, the Canadian Society of Etchers, the Concord Art Association and the American Federation of Arts.
Many major American museums now include examples of his etched art in their collections, such as the Institute of Chicago, the New York Public Library, the Farnsworth Art Museum, the Fogg Museum, the Toledo Museum, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Library of Congress, in Washington.
For speciality collectors (Art of the Print / www.artoftheprint.com) provides directories that contain listings for different art categories ranging from the Renaissance period to our contemporary art period.
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It should therefore come as no surprise that when the most famous architectural etcher of them all, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), studied the art of his Roman precursors it was the etched views of Alessandro Specchi that most inspired him. Her work addresses nationhood, land, belonging and gender across diverse media including embroidery, painting, decoupage, sculpture, installations and performance that reflect domestic claustrophobia and the transient nature of modern materiality.
He moved to Vienna in 1908 and studied painting and etching techniques at the Academy of Vienna, under some of Austria's finest artists such as Rudolf Jettmar, Ludwig Michalek and Ferdinand Schmutzer. Shakspeare Gallery) (Sold)
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