Artist Pubs
Edward Ertz

Edward Frederick Ertz (1862 - 1954) was active/lived in Louisiana, Illinois / England.  Edward Ertz is known for Wood engraving, illustration, teaching, still-life painting.

Born in Canfield, Illinois, Edward Ertz became a watercolor painter of landscapes, etcher especially noted for wood engraving, illustrator, and teacher with a distinguished career in America, France and England.

As a young man, he studied in Paris with Jules Lefebvre, Benjamin Constant, and Paul Delance, and then went to Chicago for five years to do an engraving apprenticeship.  About 1881, he went to New Orleans where he established a lithography business that was active in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi.  Among his commissions were mastheads for newspapers and lithographic views for the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition.  A writer for a publication, The Industries of New Orleans, praised his business for having the first routing and ruling machines and wrote that it was "the largest establishment and really the only one of the kind in the south." (Mahe 128)

Apparently he also did more widespread travel.    ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2682 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 40 auction lots for Edward Ertz (of which 23 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 0 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Edward Ertz as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Edward Ertz in 1 of its research Essays. Edward Ertz has 5 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Edward Ertz available:    Boris Margo,  Alexander Brook,  Randall Davey,  Dwight Blaney,  Eugene Edward Speicher,  George Marinko,  Edward B Gay,  George Herbert McCord,  Frederick Judd Waugh,  Edwin Howland Blashfield,  Frederick Carl Frieseke,  Frank DuMond,  Albert Pels,  Aaron Draper Shattuck,  John Edward Costigan,  William Hart,  James Champney,  Carle Blenner,  Robert Lewis Reid,  James Hamilton,  Joseph Margulies,  Robert Philipp,  William Louis Sonntag Sr,  William Trost Richards



Copyright © 1999-2024 askART.com and underlying auction houses. All Rights Reserved. Digital copying of these images and content strictly prohibited; violators will be subject to the law including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Facts about Edward Ertz

   Publications  Book References:  19
Magazine References:  0

The listed publications are derived from what askART has identified from our research for this artist and are intended as an additional tool for information. askART has derived Publications as an aid to members, but it is not necessarily a complete list.
19 Book References for Edward Ertz
Year Author Title Pages Color
2006 Benezit, E Benezit Dictionary of Artists, English Version and Online (Fourteen Volumes) 0 No
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1993 Carr, Carolyn K Revisiting the White City American Art at the 1893 World's Fair
(Exhibition catalog)
408 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1990 Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons 430 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)
612 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1987 Mahe, John A. II; Rosanne McCaffrey (Editors) Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists 1718-1918 464 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1940 Klug, William L (Introductory Essay) Catalogue: Annual Exhibition John H. Vanderpoel Art Association (By Contributors to the Collection)
(Exhibition catalog)
64 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Editor) Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art
(Exhibition catalog)
281 No
Top