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Wharton Esherick

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Wharton Harris Esherick (1887 - 1970) was active/lived in Pennsylvania.  Wharton Esherick is known for Furniture design, mod sculpture, woodblock printing.

The Book Illustrations of Wharton Esherick
By Henry Wessells

Wharton Esherick, recognized as a key link between the pre-1916 Arts and Crafts Movement and the renewed interest in the crafts following the Second World War, is most widely known for his sculptures and non-traditional furniture designs from the late 1920s and 1930s onward.  In his long and varied career, Esherick (1887-1970) joined the traditions of the decorative arts with those of the fine arts.  He was also a noted printmaker and book illustrator whose work was published in popular magazines and in elegant limited editions and remains sought after by collectors to this day.

Curiously enough, Esherick's woodcut work, produced almost entirely between 1922 and 1936, occurred in a period of great artistic transition for him, when he sought a medium in which he could evolve his own characteristic style.

Formally trained in oil and watercolor painting, Esherick soon aba   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 18641 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Wharton Esherick


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Advertising Art
  • Children's Book, Juvenile Literature Illustration
  • Design
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
  • Wood Carving, Woodcarving
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Hand-Crafted Objects
  • New York City
  • Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Adirondack Mountains
Art Association
  • Society of Independent Artists-
Art Teacher
  • William Merritt Chase
Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Arts and Crafts Movement, Late 19th/Early 20th Centuries
  • Commercial Art and Design
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Babcock Galleries, New York City
Exhibition of Art Association
  • American Block Prints 7th Annual, Wichita Art Association
  • Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
  • Brooklyn Museum of Art
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Smithsonian Institution/Museums
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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