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Alfred Maurer

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Alfred Henry Maurer (1868 - 1932) was active/lived in New York / France.  Alfred Maurer is known for Paintings-figure, still life, landscape.

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 Called the first American modernist painter, Alfred Maurer began as a traditionalist and then explored many styles including Impressionism, Tonalism, Fauvism and Cubism. He developed a rich, brushy, tonal style, influenced by Frans Hals and Diego Velasquez, as well as William Merritt Chase, John Singer Sargent and James Whistler. In 1901, his painting titled "An Arrangement," done in the rich, impressionist, tonal style of Whistler won first prize at the Carnegie International Exhibition. In the 1920s, he focused on still life and figural pieces, many of them Cubist in style.

He was born in New York City, the son of Louis Maurer who was a commercial artist for Currier & Ives. Young Alfred learned commercial art from working in the same lithographic business as his father. In 1884, he enrolled in the National Academy of Design and in 1897, left for Paris where he stayed until 1914 and studied briefly at the Academie Julian.

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Alfred Maurer


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Advertising Art
  • Collage and/or Decoupage
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
  • Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Animals, Mammals
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
  • Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
  • Gardens, Garden Scenes
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • New York City
  • Portraits, Portraiture
  • Still Life
  • Tropical Landscape Scenes
  • Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Europe
  • Long Island, New York
  • Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
  • Salons of America
  • Society of American Artists in Paris
  • Society of Independent Artists-
Art Teacher
  • William Merritt Chase
Art School
  • Academie Julian, Paris, Student
  • National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
  • Edith and Milton Lowenthal
  • John & Dolores Beck Collection
  • John J. McDonough Collection
  • Lawrence H. Bloedel Collection
  • Preston Morton Collection
  • William Foxley Collection-Western
Added Description
  • Commercial Art and Design
  • Figure Specialty
  • Landscape Specialty
  • Printmaking Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Little Galleries of Photo Secession 291, New York
  • Weyhe Gallery, New York City
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/InternationalExhibition of Art Association
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • Salmagundi Club, New York City-
  • Salons of America-
  • Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Smithsonian Institution/Museums
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
  • Armory Show 1913, New York
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
  • Paris Salons

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