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Harvey, William (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1796 - Richmond, 1866)

View larger image, more information and other original works of art by Kenneth Hartwell.

Kenneth Hartwell: Fitchberg, MA, 1891 - New York, 1949: A major American printmaker, painter and illustrator, Kenneth Hartwell studied at the Art Students' League of New York, under Kenneth Hayes Miller, George Bellows and Edward Hopper. During his career Hartwell was known both for his original paintings and lithographs and for his work as an illustrator. In this latter vein he worked for such publications as The Century, Scribners, and Theatre Arts. At the same time Hartwell exhibited at such major institutions as the Art Institute of Chicago (1923), the Society of Independent Artists (1923), the Salons of America (1928 & 1934), the Library of Congress (1944-46) and the Carnegie Institute (1945). Kenneth Hartwell was also a full member of the United Scenic Artists and the American Federation of Arts. Today his lithographs are included in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Library of Congress, Washington.

During the 1930's decade of the Great Depression Kenneth Hartwell created a number of fine lithographs in his Realist style. Many of these works dealt with the worlds of circus and carnivals and of theatre and burlesque stages.

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Jann Haworth (Los Angeles, Born, 1942): In 1967 Jann Haworth co-designed (along with her then husband, Peter Blake) perhaps the most famous single image from the Pop Art era; the album cover for the Beatles's, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart's Club Band. Later that year she received a Grammy for her artwork. Jann Haworth first studied art at UCLA and then completed her studies at the Slade School of Art, London. From approximately 1960 to 1985, Haworth lived and worked in England. Along with Peter Blake, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney and others, she was a major figure in the first decade of British Pop Art, a movement which based its designs upon the images of consumerism and popular culture.

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Frank Hazenplug (Chicago, 1873 - 1931): A leading American Art Nouveau artist and designer, Frank Hazenplug worked alongside Will Bradley as a staff artist for the Chicago publisher, Stone & Kimball. He designed around ten posters there (including Living Posters) and also contributed to that most important journal of American Art Nouveau, The Chap Book. Living Posters was originally commissioned as a placard for a Chicago fund raising event.

After the turn of the century, Hazenplug turned his talents to the art of the book, as both an illustrator and designer. In this latter vein he designed both the covers and bindings for many fine books of this era.

View larger image and more information for Edmond Hedouin's original etching A Nos Bien Chers Maitres.

Edmond Hedouin (Boulogne, 1820 - Paris, 1889): A fine French painter, etcher and lithographic artist, Edmond Hedouin studied art under Paul Delaroche at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, in 1838. Shortly thereafter he began to take instructions in etching and engraving from Celestin Nanteuil. Hedouin began to exhibit his art at the prestigious Paris Salon in 1844 and was a frequent exhibitor there in the following decades. During this time he received many commissions for his art, including paintings for the Theatre Francais and the Palais Royale. Edmond Hedouin was decorated with the Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur in1872 and the medaille d'honneur in 1888.

As an etcher, Hedouin was equally well received for both his original designs and his interpretive etchings after such masters as Boucher, Watteau, Goya and Delacroix. Many of his finest original etchings were commissioned for such great illustrated books as Rousseau's Confessions, Sterne's Sentimental Journey and the plays of Moliere.

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Arthur William Heintzelman (Newark, NJ, 1891 - Boston, 1965): A highly esteemed American etcher of the early twentieth century, Arthur William Heintzelman first studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. He then went to Europe for several years and completed his education in Holland, France, Belgium, Spain, England and Scotland. Upon returning to the United States, Heintzelman accepted the position of Head of the Fine Arts Department at the Detroit School of Design for a period of four years. Heintzelman created his first original etching in 1915. During the following three years he created more than fifty more, but many were to his dissatisfaction and he often destroyed his plates after only two or three s.

After the conclusion of World War One, Heintzelman returned to Paris on a permanent basis. It was from this point on that his greatest etchings and drypoint engravings were made. Within several years his art was featured in major exhibitions throughout the United States, England and France. Arthur Heintzelman was a full member of the Chicago Society of Etchers, the California Society of Etchers, the American Federation of Arts, the Societe Gravure Originale en Noir and the Associee Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts, in Paris. His original etchings are included in such major museums as the Metropolitan Museum, NY, the Chicago Art Institute, the Los Angeles County Museum, the Bilbliotheque Nationale, Paris, and the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum, London.

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James Drummond Herbert (New York City, 1896 - 1970) A very well known twentieth century sculptor, painter and artistic director, studied at Columbia University and at the Art Students League, New York, under George Bridgman. James Drummond Herbert's artistic education was completed in 1920 when he went to the Julien Academy in Paris to study under Dumond and Lentelli.

During his career Herbert was equally well received for his sculptor, paintings and drawings. He was a full member of such major societies as the National Arts Club, the Art Students, League of New York, the National Society of Illustrators and the National Sculpture Society. James Drummond Herbert exhibited frequently at the prestigious National Academy of Design, Washington, as well as at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and at the Architectural League, New York. Both the Art Institute of Chicago and the Metropolitan Museum, New York, Include his art in their permanent collections.

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Edward Hill (Springfield, MA., Born, 1935): A contemporary American painter, etcher and photographer, Edward Hill received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design (1957) and his Masters of Fine Arts from Yale University (1960). He taught art techniques at Florida State University from 1959 to 1962. He was then appointed Professor of Art at Smith College from 1962 to 1976, Dartmouth College from 1969 to 1970 and Amherst College, in 1971. Since 1976, Edward Hill has been a Professor of Art at the University of Houston, Texas.

Most of Edward Hill's etchings and aquatints were created quite early in his career. Since his appointment to the University of Houston, the artist has been primarily occupied with artistic photography, particularly in the field of computer generated imaging. In this medium, Hill has received many commissions from the city of Houston. Edward Hill's original prints and photographs are today included in the following collections; the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts, Texas A & M University, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, and the International Center for Photography, New York.

View larger image, more information and other original woodcuts by Hiroshige

Hiroshige (1797-1858): Undoubtedly, the two greatest masters of Japanese landscape art are Hiroshige and Hokusai. Hiroshige --perhaps the most lyrical landscape artist of any time -- was born into a low ranking samurai family in the capital city of Edo. He became a pupil of Toyohiro at the age of fifteen and also studied the art of the Utagawa School. He started his career as a book illustrator and then turned to portrayals of beautiful women. It wasn't until seeing Hokusai's Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji that Hiroshige turned almost exclusively to his famous landscape art.

Hiroshige's first series of views of the fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido was published in 1834. During the following years this great artist produced many amazing woodcuts of views in and around Edo, Osaka, Ohmi and Kyoto. Yet, almost until his death, he kept returning to the spiritual landscape scenes of the Tokaido Road.

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William Hogarth (London, 1697 - 1764): The name of William Hogarth requires little in the way of an introduction. He is the unquestioned father of England's rich tradition of satire and remains one of the most original and lively minds in the entire history of British art. Famous for his paintings, Hogarth's engravings are even more paramount: the imagery from The Harlot's Progress, Marriage a la Mode, The Four Stages of Cruelty, The Four Times of the Day and a host of others are crucial to an understanding of eighteenth century art and culture. Yet Hogarth's art stretched beyond his time and his masterful engravings are as relevant to our society as they were to his.

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Wenceslaus (Wenzel) Hollar (Prague, 1607 - London, 1677:: One of Europe's greatest original etchers of the seventeenth century, Wenzel Hollar first studied under Matthaus Merian in Prague. Shortly after 1636, the touring Earl of Arundel employed Hollar as his topographical engraver, and later invited the artist to return to his English estate with him. With the exception of a one year absence, Hollar spent the remainder of his life in England, leaving a masterful artistic record of the times and of his talents. Hollar's art covers portrait, illustrative, costume, topographical and architectural subjects. Today he is regarded as a master etcher in all these fields.

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Charles Edward Holloway (Christchurch, Hampshire, 1838 - London, 1897): A nineteenth century British landscape and marine artist, Charles Edward Holloway was equally accomplished in the mediums of painting, watercolour, etching and lithography. He studied art at Leigh's Studio, London, along with such fellow students as Charles Green and Fred Walker. He then went to work under William Morris, designing stained glass for him until 1866. Afterwards, Holloway devoted himself entirely to landscapes and marine subjects and was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy and the New Watercolour Society from 1867 to 1895. He was elected an Associate of the prestigious Royal Institute in 1875 and a full member in 1879.

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Winslow Homer (Boston, 1836 - Scarboro, Maine, 1910): There is no doubt that as both a painter and as a graphic designer, Winslow Homer's position as one of America's greatest artists is secure. Essentially self-taught, Homer was apprenticed to the Boston lithographic firm of John H. Bufford at the age of nineteen. There, he produced mostly lithographic covers for sheet music. His first designed wood engraving appeared in a Boston periodical in 1857. Later that year, Winslow Homer contributed his first of many designs to Harper's Weekly of New York. A year later he moved to that city to continue his work in this field. It was with his wood engravings that the world was first introduced to Homer's unique talents. Until 1874, Winslow Homer supported himself largely with his designed wood engravings and they were crucial to the development of his future paintings and prints.