Etchings of Yale, 10 of 12 etchings issued in portfolio,
various sizes, pencil signed by the artist.
About the Art: Excellent condition; in original Blue Portfolio.
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. His main residence was
Marblehead, MA but, in 1929, his address
was listed as Rue Jean Dolent; care of Guaranty
Trust Co., 3 rue des Italiens, Paris, France
and, in 1934, Senlis, France.
Chamberlain's education took
place at the
University of Washington in Seattle,
WA;
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
in Cambridge, MA; and the Royal
College of
Art in London. He was a pupil
of Edouard
Henri Léon (1873-?) in Paris
and Malcolm
Osborne (1880-1963) in London.
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; the
Northwest Printmakers;
the Société de la Gravure Originale
Noir
in Paris; 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.
Chamberlain was the author and
illustrator
of "France Will Live Again,"
1940;
"Fair is Our Land,"
1942; "Sketches
of Northern Spanish Architecture,"
1928;
"Domestic Architecture in
Rural France,"
1928; "Tudor Homes of England,"
1929; "Through France with
a Sketch
Book," 1929; and French
Provincial Houses,"
1932.
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;
the Mobile
Museum of Art in Mobile, AL;
the San Diego
Museum of Art in CA; the Cummer
Museum of
Art and Gardens in Jacksonville,
FL; the
Georgia Museum of Art in Athens,
GA; the
Peabody Essex Museum in Salem,
MA; the University
of Michigan Museum of Art in
Ann Arbor, MI;
the Frederick R. Weisman Art
Museum in Minneapolis,
MN; the Nelson-Atkins Museum
of Art in Kansas
City, MO; the Art Gallery, University
of
New Hampshire in Durham, NH;
and the Sheldon
Swope Art Museum in Terre Haut,
IN.
References: Who Was Who in American
Art,
vol. I, page 108; Davenport's
Art Reference
2001/2002, page 383; Mantle Fielding,1986,
page 142; Mallett, page 74; Dealer's
Choice
Biographical Encyclopedia of
American Painters...
page 1000; Whistler House Museum
of Art files.
$ 250 each, or $1900 for the partial set
(10)
inclusive of S/H/I*
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