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Lila Hetzel

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Lila B. Hetzel (1873 - 1967) was active/lived in Pennsylvania.  Lila Hetzel is known for Landscape, animal, interiors.

Lila B. Hetzel, the fifth and youngest child of the artist George H. Hetzel, was born October 23, 1873. She began her formal art education in the 1890's at the Pittsburgh School of Design under Matin B. Leisser and D. B. Walkley. After four years of studying drawing, which was limited to anatomy, perspective and life, Lila began painting.

While at the Pittsburgh school, she won a Gold Medal for her paintings from nature. After graduation, Lila traveled to Europe to study and copy the Old Dutch masters. In 1956, she was quoted by the Pittsburgh Press: "I was influenced by Rembrandt's use of light, Ruben's color and Michelangelo's force." Her favorite artist was Rembrandt and that respect for the master's technique shows up in her own work where design and balance are as important as color.

When Lila was 24, the Hetzel family moved to a farmhouse near Somerset, which became known as the Hetzel Studio. With her father, she painted and sketched from nature, doing la   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2553 characters.]  Artist bio

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9 Book References for Lila Hetzel
Year Author Title Pages Color
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
1992 Strazdes, Diana American Paintings and Sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art 511 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1989 Chew, Paul Southwestern Pennsylvania Painters Collection Westmorland Museum of Art 138 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 851 No
1984 Marlor, Clark S The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)		 600 No
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