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E Ambrose Webster

E. Ambrose Webster (1869 - 1935) was active/lived in Massachusetts.  E Webster is known for Modernist painting and teaching.

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A painter, lecturer, teacher and also a descendant of Daniel Webster, E Ambrose Webster was a prominent and pioneering proponent of modernism on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.  By his own painting as well as lecturing and writing, he promoted a style that moved beyond Impressionism to a Fauve-like handling of color.  One of his writings was a booklet on color.  He was criticized by traditionalists for participating in the 1913 New York Armory Show that showcased modernism.

Webster was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and studied at the Boston Museum School of Fine Art with Frank Benson and Edmund Tarbell.  From 1896 to 1898, he studied in Paris at the Academie Julian with Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant.

In 1900 in Provincetown, he established a summer school of painting, the Webster Art School, and was active in the Provincetown Art Association.  He also traveled frequently in Bermuda.

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Facts about E Ambrose Webster

   Publications  Book References:  32
Magazine References:  5

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5 Miscellaneous Magazine References for E. Ambrose Webster
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review What Modern Looked Like October 2005 Severns, Martha R Yes
ARTnews Reviews September 2003 Editor, ARTnews Yes
American Art Review Women of Vision: Painting on Cape C April 2002 Archer, Joan Yes
American Art Review A Century of Impressionism on Cape August 1999 Nickerson, Cindy Yes
American Art Review The Yasuna Collection August 1994 Vevers, Tony Yes
32 Book References for E. Ambrose Webster
Year Author Title Pages Color
2008 Scott, Gail R. E. Ambrose Webster: Chasing the Sun
(Exhibition catalog)
224 Yes
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
2004 Pyle, Amy (Spanierman Gallery) Art for the New Collector III Re-Emerging American Artists
(Exhibition catalog)
68 Yes
2002 Gerdts, William; Brian H. Peterson & Yount Pennsylvania Impressionism 340 Yes
2000 Jarzombek, Nancy Allyn Boston Art Club: 1855-1950 88 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Jarzombek, NA, Marcia Vose Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Art and Collecting in America 29 Yes
1997 Gerdts, William H; Hollis Taggart The American Fauves: The Color of Modernism
(Exhibition catalog)
159 Yes
1996 Shipp, Steve American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists 159 No
1995 Severens, Martha R. The Armory Show Years of E. Ambrose Webster
(Exhibition catalog)
20 Yes
1994 Provincetwon Art Association and Museum Provincetown Abstract Painting 1915-1950 From The Penny and Elton Yasuna Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
48 Yes
1991 Falk, Peter Hastings Biennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
(Exhibition catalog)
335 No
1991 Falk, Peter Hastings The Boston Art Club Exhibition: 1873-1909
(Exhibition catalog)
479 No
1991 Gerdts, William (Essay); George Neubert, (Editor) American Impressionism from the Sheldon Memorial Gallery
(Exhibition catalog)
79 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)
622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)
612 No
1988 Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery 376 Yes
1986 Morrin, Peter (others) The Advent of Modernism Post-Impressionism...1900-1918
(Exhibition catalog)
200 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Marlor, Clark S The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)
600 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1977 Everson Museum of Art Provincetown Painters 1890's-1970's
(Exhibition catalog)
289 No
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1969 Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed) American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes) 600 Yes
1963 Brown, Milton W The Story of the Armory Show
(Exhibition catalog)
320 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1933 Editors Who's Who in American Art American Art Annual, 1933 0 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
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