Elmer Wachtel

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Elmer Wachtel
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Portrait of artist Elmer Wachtel by fellow artist Rob Wagner, Los Angeles, 1909.
Born(1864-01-21)January 21, 1864
Baltimore, Maryland, United States [1]
DiedAugust 31, 1929(1929-08-31) (aged 65)
Guadalajara, Mexico [1]
Spouse Marion Wachtel

Elmer Wachtel (1864-1929) was an American painter who lived and worked in Southern California. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] He was known for his impressionist landscapes.

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Biography

Wachtel was born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 21, 1864. [5] He moved to California in 1882 to live with his brother, who was working in San Gabriel. [1] [5] Wachtel worked as a ranch hand and as a furniture store clerk while saving money to attend art school. [1] [7] He also worked as a violinist, playing for the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles. [3] Wachtel was largely self-taught as a painter. [8] He studied at the Art Students' League in New York for two months and then later at the Lambeth School of Art in London. [1] Wachtel married sculptor Marion Kavanagh in 1904; the two lived in the Arroyo Seco region of Los Angeles. [1] Wachtel was known for painting California's landscapes, rather than European landscapes. [1] On August 31, 1929, Wachtel died suddenly while on a painting trip in Guadalajara, Mexico. [1] [3] [9]

During World War I, Wachtel became an informant for the U.S. Department of Justice by reporting to federal law authorities alleged pro-German and antiwar statements by militant socialists and fellow artists. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Andersen, Timothy J.; Moore, Eudorah M.; Winter, Robert W.; (Firm), California Design; Pasadena, California Design; Center, Pasadena (1974-01-01). California design 1910: exhibition catalog Pasadena Center, October 15-December 1, 1974. California Design Publications. p. 48.
  2. ↑ Stern, Jean; Clarke, Athalie Richardson Irvine; Smith, Joan Irvine (1994-01-01). Reflections of California: the Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Memorial exhibition. Irvine Museum. p. 176. ISBN   9780963546821.
  3. 1 2 3 Gerdts, William H. (1998-01-01). All Things Bright & Beautiful: California Impressionist Paintings from the Irvine Museum. The Museum. p. 189. ISBN   9780963546890.
  4. ↑ Turner, Jane (2000-01-01). Encyclopedia of American Art Before 1914 . Grove's Dictionaries. p.  594. ISBN   9780333760956.
  5. 1 2 3 Masters of light: plein-air painting in California, 1890-1930. Irvine Museum. 2002-01-01. p. 186. ISBN   9780971409231.
  6. ↑ Hughes, Edan Milton (2002-11-01). Artists in California, 1786-1940: L-Z. Crocker Art Museum. p. 1151. ISBN   9781884038082.
  7. 1 2 Starr, Kevin (1986-12-04). Inventing the Dream: California through the Progressive Era . Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780199923267.
  8. ↑ Dawdy, Doris Ostrander (1974-01-01). Artists of the American West: A Biographical Dictionary . Sage Books. ISBN   9780804006071.
  9. ↑ The American Southwest and Its Native People: From the Santa Fe Collection of Southwestern Art and the Palm Springs Desert Museum : December 5, 1986 Through February 1, 1987, Palm Springs Desert Museum. The Museum. 1986-01-01.
  10. ↑ "Rob Wagner's Script Archive". Archived from the original on 2017-03-04. Retrieved 2016-10-26.

Hollywood Bohemia: The Roots of Progressive Politics in Rob Wagner's Script by Rob Leicester Wagner (Janaway Publishing, 2016) ( ISBN   978-1-59641-369-6)


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