Lumiere lune et neige fondante – Pontarlier, Doubs
by William Samuel Horton

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Country of origin: United States
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signed: Signed lower left and titled verso
Dated: 1920
Condition: Very good original condition
Size: 26.00" x 31.00" (66.0cm x 78.7cm)
Framed Size: 33.00" x 38.00" (83.8cm x 96.5cm)
Provenance: Private collection of the work of William Samuel Horton
Artist's wax seal to stretcher verso
This is one of a number of versions of this landscape painted at various times of day - another version of this painting is held in the Musee D’Orsay in Paris.

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c. 1920

Oil on canvas

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Winter Snow – Gstaad, Switzerland

by William Samuel Horton

Artwork Biography

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Born 16 November 1865, in Grand Rapids; died 1936.

Painter, pastellist, draughtsman, illustrator. History painting, genre scenes, landscapes, mountainscapes, waterscapes, still-lifes.
William Samuel Horton trained at the Art Students League (ASL) and National Academy, New York; under J.P. Laurens in Paris and under Benjamin-Constant at the Académie Julian. He occupied Winterhalter's former studio in Paris. He travelled to Europe and took refuge in England in 1914, returning to the USA in 1919. He was awarded medals at several exhibitions in the French provinces. He was a member of the Société du Salon d'Automne.

At the age of 14 Horton drew Indian reservations for the North West Magazines

Museum and Gallery Holdings

Paris (MAMVP)
Paris (Mus. Carnavalet)
Stockholm (Nationalmus.)
Washington DC: Pershing's March across Paris

Previously Sold Artworks

c. 1920

Oil on panel

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Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute – Grand Canal, Venice