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Fred W. Weber (1890 - 1972) was active/lived in Pennsylvania.  Fred Weber is known for Rural landscape and floral still life painting, art materials chemist.

A successful artist, chemist, inventor and businessman, Fred W. Weber was the son of Fredrick W. Weber, Sr., who was the founder of the F. Weber Company, Inc. an American manufacturer and supplier of artists' materials. When he died in 1919, Fred W. Weber and his brother, Ernest Weber took over and were much responsible for product enhancement of the Company, which had been organized in 1853 in Philadelphia and became the oldest and one of the largest manufacturers of art materials in the United States.

Fred W. Weber , Jr. served as Technical Director and was successfully committed to the development of safer art materials. responsible for much of the innovation in product development to his retirement in 1967. With his long list of innovations, a majority of which decreased the toxicity of necessary painting supplies, Fred W. Weber elevated the company to further prominence in the US art supplies market.

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Facts about Fred W Weber

   Fred W. Weber  Born:  1890 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died:   1972
Known for:  Rural landscape and floral still life painting, art materials chemist

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A successful artist, chemist, inventor and businessman, Fred W. Weber was the son of Fredrick W. Weber, Sr., who was the founder of the F. Weber Company, Inc. an American manufacturer and supplier of artists' materials. When he died in 1919, Fred W. Weber and his brother, Ernest Weber took over and were much responsible for product enhancement of the Company, which had been organized in 1853 in Philadelphia and became the oldest and one of the largest manufacturers of art materials in the United States.

Fred W. Weber , Jr. served as Technical Director and was successfully committed to the development of safer art materials. responsible for much of the innovation in product development to his retirement in 1967. With his long list of innovations, a majority of which decreased the toxicity of necessary painting supplies, Fred W. Weber elevated the company to further prominence in the US art supplies market.

One of his most notable products was original Permalba White, which he formulated in 1921, and which was the first of its kind to be a non toxic, opaque white oil paint. It replaced the toxic, lead-based whites that artists had been using for hundreds of years and which caused some of them serious health problems. Today Permalba White remains the artists' standard in white oil paint. He also created synthetic varnishes what were more resilient than previous varnishes. In the 1950s, he created an odorless turpentine, which became a product of worldwide distribution.

He also became a prolific Bucks County fine-art painter of rural landscapes including scenes with red barns, and of village scenes, floral still life, nude female figures, and coastal views with boats.

His expertise in the arts as well as science along with the publication of his first book Artists Pigments (Van Nostrand 1923) made him a desirable lecturer on the topic of art. He provided advice to many celebrated 20th century artists, including: Thomas Hart Benton, Dean Cornwell, Arthur Dove, Peter Hurd, Norman Rockwell, NC Wyeth, and Andrew Wyeth.

In the 21st century, the company is the Martin F. Weber Co. and still produces a variety of art supplies, including the original non-toxic white color Permalba formulated by Fred. W. Weber.

Source:
"F. Weber & Company, Inc." Wikipedia, March 2016
Martin F. Weber Co., Web, March 2016
Fred W. Weber auction records on askART.com


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