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Walter Mattern

Walter I. Mattern (1892 - 1946) was active/lived in Pennsylvania.  Walter Mattern is known for Rural landscape.

Born in Jonestown, Pennsylvania, Walter Mattern grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania and served his country in the Army during World War I.  After the war, he returned to Allentown to work for an engineering firm, but later moved to Bayonne, New Jersey, at which time he began studying art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts summer school at Chester Springs, and at the Grand Central School of Art in New York City. 

He returned to Allentown in the late 1920s, working as an engineer at various firms, and became a student at the Kline-Baum Art School, eventually becoming an instructor at the school.  Beginning in the 1930s,  he was an active member of the Lehigh Art Alliance and the Circulating Picture Club.

He was a close friend of Walter Baum, and often painted with him.  His landscapes were painted in an impressionist style, generally with a full brush stroke, giving a thick, creamy surface to the canvas. 

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6 Book References for Walter Mattern
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 Alterman, James M. New Hope for American Art A Comprehensive Showing of Important 20th Century Paintings from and Surrounding the New Hope Art Colony 612 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 Alterman, Jim Blue Chips 128 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
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