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Pescheret, Leon Rene (American)
1892 - 1971
Description: "Barskin Creek Tenn," etching,
pencil signed l/r, inscribed
l/l, signed/dated
1934 in the plate, 9" x
7" plate,
14" x 11" sheet (French
watermark).
Condition: Good to very good; normal paper toning,
glued around the margin to the
mat.
Biography: Leon Rene Pescheret — painter, illustrator,
etcher, craftsman, architect,
writer, teacher,
and designer — was born in Chiswick,
England
on May (or March) 15, 1892 and
died in 1961.
Although all the research books
list his
death to be in 1961, a collector
states that
he purchased several works in
1962 and 1964
directly from the artist's studio
in Whitewater,
WI and that Pescheret was alive
and well
in the Spring of 1964. Pescheret
resided
and worked in Whitewater where
he produced
work in oil, watercolor, and
an assortment
of graphic media. In 1926 his
address was
64 East Van Buren Street in Chicago
and,
in 1953, his studio listing was
Whitewater,
WI.
Pescheret studied at the Royal
College of
Engraving in Kensington, England;
Battersea
Polytechnic in London; the Art
Institute
of Chicago; and in Belgium. He
was a pupil
of Fleury, Millet, Malcolm Osborn,
and Roger
Hebbelinck.
He was a member of the Palette
and Chisel
Club; Chicago Society of Etchers;
the American
Color Print Society; the Society
of American
Printmakers; and the Printmaker's
Society
of California. Pescheret exhibited
with the
Buck Hills Art Association in
1948 and 1949;
the Southern Printmakers' Society
in 1936
and 1937, wining prizes both
years; the Chicago
Galleries Association in 1951;
the Chicago
Society of Etchers in 1935, where
he won
a prize, and also in 1936; the
Smithsonian
Institution in Washington, DC;
and a solo
exhibition at the Yonker Brothers
Tea Room
Galleries. He was the recipient
of the Lila
Mae Chapman Award in 1936 and
1937, and the
Grand Central Galleries Award.
Pescheret was the author and
illustrator
of the "Principle and Practice
of Interior
Decorating" and "An
Introduction
to Color Etching." He illustrated
"The
Spirit of Vienna" and "Chicago
Welcomes You" and contributed
color
etchings to two magazines — "American
Artist" and "Arizona
Highways."
Pescheret did decorations for
the Drake Hotel
in Chicago; the University of
Wisconsin;
the Peoria Country Club; and
the Memorial
Union Building in Chicago.
His work is included in the collections
of
the Whistler House Museum in
Lowell, MA;
the Library of Congress in Washington,
DC;
the Cabinet du Roi in Brussels;
the Cabinet
des Estampes in Brussels; the
Kenyon College
Union Building in Gambier, OH;
the British
Museum; the Art Institute of
Chicago; the
New York Public Library; the
Wright Museum
of Art in Beloit, WI; the National
Collection
of Fine Arts in Washington, DC;
and the University
of Michigan Museum of Art in
Ann Arbor, MI.
References: Who Was Who in American
Art,
vol. I, page 480; Davenport's
Art Reference
2001/2002, page 1446; Mantle
Fielding, 1986,
page 718; Mallett, page 215;
Dealer's Choice
Biographical Encyclopedia of
American Painters...
page 1077; AskART.com archives.
from - Whistler House Museum of Art files
$295.00
inclusive of S/H/I*
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