Earl Horter Essay

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Earl Hoter was born in 1881 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He was a largely self-trained artist who spent most of his adult life and career in New York. He was a successful commercial illustrator and was a highly skilled engraver, etcher, and draftsman. Horter was a significant figure in the development of Modern art in Philadelphia and was also an enthusiastic collector of Picasso, Braque, and many other artists. Horter started off his career in 1903 where he worked for an advertising firm. He was hired as draftsman and during this time period he learned etching. His work was primarily urban scenes of cityscapes and daily life, and in 1911 he released a collaborative book with Jerome Meyers and Joseph Pennell entitled “ An Illustrated Handbook of the City.” In 1910 Earl became a member of the Society of Illustrators, which was a group of illustrators that founded the group in 1901 with the vision that, “ The object of the Society shall be to promote generally the art of illustration and to hold exhibitions from time to time.” Other famous names in this society are, Maxfeild Parrish, N.C. Wyeth, Norman Rockwell, and Charles Dana Gibson. In 1916 Horter left New York to Philadelphia to work at N.W. Ayer and Sons. It was during this time that Earl met Arthur B. Charles and Henry McCarter who were both modern artists. Soon after Earl began his collection of modern art. This crave would continue on for the rest of his life as he collected works from those artists as well as Picasso, Braque, Sheeler, Marin, Benton, Gris, Modigliani, and Derain. Earl Horter was also a member of the Philadelphia Art Alliance starting in the late 1930s. This alliance promoted the arts and held many exhibitions and shows that displayed contemporary American art and European Modern art. Aside from running these shows Horter was also involved and displayed in many prominent shows during his

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