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Albert Herter

Albert Herter (1871 - 1950) was active/lived in California, New York / France.  Albert Herter is known for Decorative art, portrait, figure-allegory and still life painting, textiles.

Albert Herter is best remembered in East Hampton, New York for two reasons: as the original owner of the Creeks, the extravagant 60-acre estate on Georgica Pond, later the home of the painter Alfonso Ossorio and the dancer Ted Dragon and now owned by Ronald Perelman; and as the father of Christian Herter, Dwight D. Eisenhower's second Secretary of State.  Some might say he should be better known as an artist, for before his death in 1950, he was celebrated for his historical murals.

But time has not been kind to the Maxfield Parrish or N.C. Wyeth style that to some extent Albert Herter often emulated, probably because these painters are thought of as mere illustrators rather than true artists.  Time has its benign side as well, for nostalgia seems to envelop everything remotely interesting from the past these days, and Albert Herter is no exception.

In a new, slim volume of stories, A Dubious Lineage, the Herter family has for the first time published s   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 12833 characters.]  Artist bio

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.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Albert Herter available:    Seymour Joseph Guy,  Charles Sprague Pearce,  Lillian Mathilde Genth,  William Bradford,  Harriet Whitney Frishmuth,  William McGregor Paxton,  John White Alexander,  Paul Cornoyer,  James Carroll Beckwith,  John Frederick Peto,  John George Brown,  Laura Coombs Hills,  Frederick William MacMonnies,  William Holbrook Beard,  William McCloskey,  John Koch,  Theodore Earl Butler,  Paul LaCroix,  Thomas Wilmer Dewing,  George Forster,  Francis Luis Mora,  Francis Augustus Silva,  John La Farge,  Robert William Vonnoh



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Facts about Albert Herter

   Albert Herter  Born:  1871 - New York City
Died:   1950 - Santa Barbara, California
Known for:  Decorative art, portrait, figure-allegory and still life painting, textiles

Albert Herter is best remembered in East Hampton, New York for two reasons: as the original owner of the Creeks, the extravagant 60-acre estate on Georgica Pond, later the home of the painter Alfonso Ossorio and the dancer Ted Dragon and now owned by Ronald Perelman; and as the father of Christian Herter, Dwight D. Eisenhower's second Secretary of State.  Some might say he should be better known as an artist, for before his death in 1950, he was celebrated for his historical murals.

But time has not been kind to the Maxfield Parrish or N.C. Wyeth style that to some extent Albert Herter often emulated, probably because these painters are thought of as mere illustrators rather than true artists.  Time has its benign side as   ...  Displaying 750 of 12833 characters.

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