Art for Sale

William Henry Singer Jr

William Henry Singer, Jr. (1868 - 1943) was active/lived in Pennsylvania / Norway, Holland.  William Singer Jr is known for Plein-aire landscape painting.

Norway was the key to the life and art of landscape painter William H. Singer, Jr., and it was Norwegian artist Martin Borgord, living in Pittsburgh, Singer's hometown, who offered him that key.

Singer was born in 1868 of well-to-do parents involved in the industry of the steel-producing town. Singer would eventually inherit a large fortune that he would use to help the inhabitants of Olden, a Norwegian fishing village, where he would later settle and encounter the Nazis during their occupation in World War II.

But as a youth, his desire to be a painter was thwarted by his father who wanted Singer to join the family business, which he did for eleven years. While thus employed, Singer studied with Borgord and painted landscapes outside Pittsburgh. In 1900, however, Singer took the bull by the horns and left the steel business to paint on Maine's Monhegan Island. He had been encouraged to do so by two of his paintings being shown in the Carnegie International Exhibition of   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4494 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 40 auction lots for William Henry Singer Jr (of which 27 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 1 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 1 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by William Henry Singer Jr as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists William Henry Singer Jr in 1 of its research Essays. William Henry Singer Jr has 8 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for William Henry Singer Jr available:    Ernest Albert,  George Lovett Kingsland Morris,  Elihu Vedder,  Bruno Lucchesi,  Clarence Chatterton,  Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington,  Walter Stuempfig Jr,  William Louis Sonntag Sr,  Dwight William Tryon,  Richard Edward Miller,  Eugene Edward Speicher,  Lillian Mathilde Genth,  William Stanley Haseltine,  Frederick Judd Waugh,  John Grabach,  John Edward Costigan,  Alexander Helwig Wyant,  Harry Roseland,  Henry Martin Gasser,  Arthur Parton,  Lee Gatch Jr,  Louis Henry Charles Moeller,  Samuel Halpert,  Birge (Lovell Birge) Harrison