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Samuel Chamberlain (1895-1975) - American Etching The Sunlit Tower, Colmar
Description
A drypoint etching with plate tone depicting the gothic tower of Saint Martin's church in Colmar, Alsace, by the prominent American etcher Samuel Chamberlain (1895-1975). Presented in a white mount and a burr wood veneer frame. Numbered '20/100' in graphite to the lower-left edge and signed in graphite to the lower-right edge. Also inscribed with the title in graphite to the lower-left edge. On laid with a deckled edge.Condition
There is some very slight foxing and creasing to the substrate. There are some small marks to the frame. Overall in excellent condition.
Size
33.6 x 18cm (13.2" x 7.1")
Artist Biography
Samuel Chamberlain (1895-1975) was a significant American printmaker, photographer, author, lecturer, and teacher, whose art focuses on architectural themes. He was born in Cresco, Iowa. His family moved to Aberdeen, Washington in 1901 and in 1913 Chamberlain enrolled in the University of Washington in Seattle where he studied architecture under Carl Gould. By 1915, he was enrolled in the School of Architecture of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. With the United States' involvement in the First World War, Chamberlain sailed to France where he volunteered in the American Field Service. In 1918, he was transferred to the United States Army to complete his tour of duty. After the war, he returned to Boston and resumed his architectural studies, which he eventually discontinued and tried for a few years to work as a commercial artist.
Chamberlain received the American Field Service Scholarship in 1923 which he used to travel in Spain, North Africa, and Italy. In 1924 he was living in Paris and in the spring he studied lithography with Gaston Dorfinant and in the autumn and winter months he studied etching and drypoint with Edouard Leon. He published his first etching the following year. In 1927, he studied drypoint with Malcolm Osborne at the Royal College of Art in London. He taught part-time at the School of Architecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the School of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology between his travels abroad. Chamberlain eventually settled for a dozen years in France. He authored, sometimes co-authored with his wife Narcissa, 'Domestic Architecture of Rural France', 'Clementine in the Kitchen', 'New England Rooms 1639-1863' and 'Charleston Interiors'.
Chamberlain was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Institute of Architects, the American Society of the French Legion of Honor, the Boston Camera Club, the Boston Printmakers, the Chicago Society of Etchers, Photographic Society of America, the Print Club of Albany, the Society of American Etchers, and was elected an Academician in the National Academy of Design. His work is represented in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Library of Congress, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Location
Colmar, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France, 68000
| SKU | qt361 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Samuel Chamberlain (1895-1975) |
| Date | Early 20th Century |
| Dimensions | 33.6 x 18cm |
| Medium | Etching |
| Subject | Architecture & Cityscapes |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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