Art
Samuel Chamberlain, Springtime in Salem, Etching
- Item Number
- 226
- Estimated Value
- 500 USD
- Sold
- 207 USD to LauraCWC
- Number of Bids
- 5 - Bid History
Item Description
Etching, Springtime in Salem, signed in pencil Samuel Chamberlain, artist's proof, I/V, 10 1/4" x 13" in nice old frame 14 1/2" x 18," matted. Appears to be Chestnut Street in Salem.
Item Special Note
About the Artist: Samuel V. Chamberlain was born in Cresco, IA on October 28, 1895 and died in Marblehead, MA in 1975. He was an accomplished etcher, lithographer, writer, teacher, and lecturer. Chamberlain taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and lectured on various graphic techniques such as etching, drypoint, and softground etching.
Chamberlain was a member of the National Academy of Design in New York City; the Society of American Etchers in Brooklyn, NY; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; the Chicago Society of Etchers; Associate member of the National Academy of Design, 1939 and a Guggenheim Fellow, 1926.
Exhibitions and awards include an honorable mention at the Paris Salon in 1925; medaille de Bronze at the Paris Salon in 1925; a gold medal at the Boston Tercentenary in 1930; a prize at the Society of American Etchers in 1933; the National Academy of Design, annually; and the Salons of America.
Collections representing Chamberlain include the Whistler House Museum of Art in Lowell, MA; the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City; the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, MA; the Victoria and Albert Museum in England; the Art Institute of Chicago and many others.
Donated By:
Dorothy Brown
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