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Leon Rene Pescheret (1892 - 1971) was active/lived in Wisconsin, Illinois, Arizona / England.  Leon Pescheret is known for Landscape painting, illustration, etching, decorating.

Discussion Board Notes:

From: Jay Adams

On 8/26/1962, my in-laws purchased some color etchings from the artist himself in Whitewater, WI.

In the spring of 1964 my wife and I purchased several black and white works at Mr. Pescheret's studio in Whitewater, WI.  He also demonstrated to us how he used the copper plates to create an etching.   (Although some scholars have put his death date at 1916 ) he was alive and well in the Spring of 1964.

We still have all the works purchased by both my in-laws and ourselves.

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Note from Catherine C Coleman, who was born and raised in Whitewater, Wisconsin and whose parents knew Leon Pescheret:

According to the Social Security Death Index, Leon Rene Pescheret was born March 15, 1892 and died February 1971.

On my birth he gave my parents one of his works and signed it plus wrote on it that it was in honor of my birth. On the SS Death Index it says that he di   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5006 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Leon Pescheret

   Leon Pescheret  Born:  1892 - Chiswick, England
Died:   1971 - Tucson, Arizona
Known for:  Landscape painting, illustration, etching, decorating

Biography from the Archives of askART

Discussion Board Notes:

From: Jay Adams

On 8/26/1962, my in-laws purchased some color etchings from the artist himself in Whitewater, WI.

In the spring of 1964 my wife and I purchased several black and white works at Mr. Pescheret's studio in Whitewater, WI.  He also demonstrated to us how he used the copper plates to create an etching.   (Although some scholars have put his death date at 1916 ) he was alive and well in the Spring of 1964.

We still have all the works purchased by both my in-laws and ourselves.

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Note from Catherine C Coleman, who was born and raised in Whitewater, Wisconsin and whose parents knew Leon Pescheret:

According to the Social Security Death Index, Leon Rene Pescheret was born March 15, 1892 and died February 1971.

On my birth he gave my parents one of his works and signed it plus wrote on it that it was in honor of my birth. On the SS Death Index it says that he died in the state of Arizona. Last known residence was Tucson, AZ.


Biography from the Archives of askART

An illustrator, watercolorist and etcher, Leon Pescheret was born in Chiswick, England.  He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Royal College of Engraving in Kensington, England.

He learned the art of one-plate color etchings in Belgium, and at that time was believed to be the only etcher in the United States using that method.  He was in Arizona in the 1930s and did etchings of Camelback Mountain and desert Landscapes.  His work has appeared in the magazine Arizona Highways.

He was a member of the Society of American Engravers and also did interior designs including for the Memorial Union Building at the University of Wisconsin; the Peoria, Illinois Country Club; and the British Museum.

Source:
Peggy and Harold Samuels, "The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West"


Biography from Whistler House Museum of Art

The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, ISA ˜ Fine Art Consultant
www.pkart.com

Leon Rene Pescheret
1892-1961

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; Whistler House Museum of Art files.


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